About this bill
Justice Committee urges government to secure national exit programme
Four MPs—Hans Edvard Askjer, Bent-Joacim Bentzen, Anette Carnarius Elseth, and Mari Holm Lønseth—have proposed that the government establish a national exit programme for gang members and refrain from closing existing services until a new and predictable application process is in place. A majority of the Standing Committee on Justice (the Progress Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, and Christian Democratic Party) backs the proposal, noting that the exit programme run by KFUK-KFUM is Norway's only national programme of its kind—but is now slated for closure. The Labour Party and Green Party dissent, arguing that public funds should be distributed through open application processes, though they acknowledge the value of local programmes such as Oslo's EXIN.