The aim of this study is to describe the view of the Sweden Democrats, the Moderates, the Social Democrats and the Green Party on local self-government associated with the establishment of the Settlement Act and how the view of local self-government associated with the Settlement Act has changed over time. A descriptive idea analysis was conducted over two parliamentary debates regarding the Settlement Act from 2016 and 2022, and by applying Strandberg's (1998) analytical framework with six different dimensions on how to study ideas about local self government in the analysis, different ideas about local self-government could be identified in the debates. The results show that the Sweden Democrats, the Moderates, the Social Democrats and the Green party both expressed different and similar ideas about local-self government regarding the establishment of the Settlement Act. Furthermore, the results also showed that the Green party's ideas about localself-government regarding the Settlement Act had undergone more changes compared to the other three parties from 2016 to 2022.