Swedish motions include cloth diaper bonus

Parliamentary administrators said motions drafted before Tuesday's deadline include Christian Democrat Desiree Pethrus Engstrom's call for a proposed bonus for families that choose cloth diapers over disposables and Liberal Party lawmaker Birgitta Ohlsson's suggestion to specially train dogs to combat violence against women, The Local reported Wednesday.

Solveig Hellquist of the Liberal Party drafted a motion calling for a government inquiry into the lives of cats to raise the animals' societal status and Amineh Kakabaveh of the Left Party filed a motion calling for the government to create a minister of suburbs position.

The motions are now headed to parliamentary committees for further consideration.

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