Welfare Committee (Iceland)

The Welfare Committee (Icelandic: Velferðarnefnd) is a standing committee of the Icelandic parliament.

Jurisdiction

According to law № 55/1991, with later amendments, all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Welfare Committee:

• Health insurance
• Social security
• Social services
• Children
• Senior citizens
• Disability
• Housing
• Labour market
• Health care

Members, 140th parliament

The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place.

Main

Name		Party
	Álfheiður Ingadóttir, chairman	Left-Green Movement
	Eygló Harðardóttir	Progressive Party
	Guðmundur Steingrímsson	independent
	Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir, 1st vice-chairman	Social Democratic Alliance
	Kristján L. Möller	Social Democratic Alliance
	Lúðvík Geirsson, 2nd vice-chairman	Social Democratic Alliance
	Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir	Independence Party
	Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir	Independence Party
	Valgerður Bjarnadóttir	Social Democratic Alliance

Substitute

Name		Party
	Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir	Left-Green Movement
	Höskuldur Þórhallsson	Progressive Party
	Jón Gunnarsson	Independence Party
	Mörður Árnason	Social Democratic Alliance
	Ólína Þorvarðardóttir	Social Democratic Alliance
	Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir	Independence Party
	Róbert Marshall	Social Democratic Alliance
	Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir	Social Democratic Alliance

See also

• List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Icelandic)