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Welcome to the House of Representatives of the Netherlands. The Dutch Parliament is called the States General. It consists of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. On this website we provide you with information about the House of Representatives. How does it work? Who are its members? How are they elected?

E-Zine about parliamentary dimension of the EU Presidency

28 September

The Dutch parliament released an e-zine that gives an impression of the parliamentary activities that took place during the Netherlands' EU Presidency.
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23 September
The House opens its doors for Heritage Day

6 September
Final interparliamentary conference of the Dutch EU Presidency

24 June
House of Representatives honours murdered British politician Jo Cox

21 June

Parliamentary dimension of the Dutch EU-Presidency 2016

The House through the ages

Dossiers

Prince's Day 2016

Tuesday 20 September is Prince's Day in the Netherlands. On that day the government presents its plans for 2017. King Willem-Alexander arrives at the the Hall of Knights, near the building of the House of Representatives, where he delivers the Speech from the Throne on behalf of the government. Later that day, Mr Jeroen Dijsselbloem, minister of Finance, presents the Budget memorandum and the National Budget to the House of Representatives.

Meetings during the recess

From Friday 8 July until Tuesday 6 September 2016 the House of Representatives is in summer recess. Yet, sometimes meetings are held during a recess. How does that work?

committee meeting MPs Koolmees (D66) and Van Dijck (PVV) in consultation during a committee debate

The Senate and the House of Representatives and the Dutch EU-Presidency: a retrospective

From 1 January until 1 July 2016 the Netherlands held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). Not only did the government play an important role during this period: the Senate and the House of Representatives organised six parliamentary conferences.

Parliamentarians from the Euopean Union in the Hall of Knights at one of the conferences the Senate and the House of Representatives organised during the first half of 2016

Counter-piracy

On Wednesday 6 July the standing committee on Foreign Affairs had a debate with Mr Bert Koenders, minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Lilianne Ploumen, minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation and Ms Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, minister of Defence, about counter-piracy off the Somalian coast.

In 2013 British and Dutch marines gave a counter-piracy demonstration in the port of Rotterdam, celebrating the 40-years cooperation between the two marine corps

Prenatal and maternity care

A new system to finance prenatal and maternity care. This was one of the subjects on the agenda of the Health, Welfare and Sport Committee meeting on Thursday 23 June 2016 with minister Edith Schippers.

Baby on a change table

F-35/JSF

On Thursday 23 June, the Standing Committee on Defence and the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs discussed the purchase of new fighter aircraft. The F-35 is also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The biannual consultation was attended by Defence minister Ms Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Mr Henk Kamp, minister of Economic Affairs.

F-35/JSF in the air