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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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20 Mar
Accountability Day
On Wednesday May 15 – Accountability Day – the Minister of Finance presents the National Financial Annual Report and the ministries’ annual reports in the House of Representatives.
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6 Mar
2013 Inter-parliamentary Kingdom Consultation
From Tuesday 5 March until Friday 8 March 2013 the Inter-parliamentary Kingdom Consultation between the parliaments of the Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten takes place in The Hague.
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5 Mar
Debate on State of Affairs in the European Union
On Tuesday 7 March 2013 the annual debate on the State of Affairs in the European Union will take place.
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5 Mar
Romanian foreign minister visited House of Representatives
On Tuesday 12 Februari 2013 Mr Titus Corlăţean, minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, paid a visit to the House of Representatives.
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18 Feb
House of Representatives in recess
The House of Representatives will be in recess from Friday 15 February 2013 until Monday 25 February 2013. The next plenary debate will be on Tuesday 26 February 2013.
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