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16 May

Accountability day

Every year on the third Wednesday in May, Accountability day, the Cabinet presents a survey of the financial state of affairs with regard to the previous budget year to the House of Representatives.

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25 Apr

Joint website of the States-General

The President of the Senate, Mr Fred de Graaf, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, have launched the joint website www.staten-generaal.nl.

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18 Apr

The temporary committee on house prices has presented its final report and launched a website

On Wednesday 10 April the temporary committee on house prices presented its final report. The committee has carried out an investigation into twenty years of rising property prices in the Netherlands and five years of falling prices.

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3 Apr

House of Representatives disapproves of EU railway package

The House has adopted a motion put forward by Mr Duco Hoogland MP (Labour Party, PvdA) expressing disapproval of the fourth EU railway package.

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21 Mar

Visit to China

Nine members of the standing committee for foreign affairs visit the People’s Republic of China during the May recess.

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Dossiers

Credit market

On Wednesday 20 March the standing committee on Finance and the standing committee on Economic Affairs had a debate with Mr Jeroen Dijsselbloem, minister of Finance, and Mr Henk Kamp, minister of Economic Affairs, about the credit market.

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Replacement of the F-16

On Thursday 25 April 2013 the standing committee on Defence had a debate with Ms Hennis-Plasschaert, minister of Defence, and Mr Henk Kamp, minister of Economic Affairs, about the replacement of the F-16 fighter. During the debate the committee discussed the results of reports from the National Court of Audit and SEO Economic Research about the development of the JSF programme.

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Trade missions and export promotion

On Thursday 14 March 2013 the committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation had a debate with Ms Ploumen, minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, about trade missions and export promotion.

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