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Dick Dolman, former President of the House of Representatives: "face and guardian of parliamentary democracy"

5 February

On Thursday 31 January 2019, the House of Representatives commemorated its former President, Dick Dolman, who passed away on Wednesday 23 January at the age of 83. Mr Dolman was President of the House of Representatives from 1979 until 1989. Since 1970 he had been an MP for the Labour Party (PvdA).
House of Representatives meets with European Commissioner about fake news

31 January
Exhibition on the 100th anniversary of universal suffrage

21 December
Government Committee for the Parliamentary System publishes final report

13 December
Inter-parliamentary lead group for EU climate policy launched during climate summit in Poland

12 December

The House through the ages

Through the ages

Dossiers

Summer time or winter time?

On Tuesday 4 December 2018 the standing committee on the Interior had a debate with Ms Kasja Ollongren, minister of the Interior, about a proposal from the European Commission to discontinue the seasonal changes of time.

Clock in the Plenary Hall of the House of Representatives

Hundred years of universal suffrage, a celebration

Almost a century ago, in 1919, Dutch parliament made a decision: henceforth, all Dutch men and women would be entitled to vote. A milestone that is worth celebrating. Find out how it all started and how the law on voting in the Netherlands is ever changing.

Hundred years of universal suffrage

General Political Debate 2018

Immediately after Prince's Day, the leaders of the parliamentary groups discuss the headlines of the Budget Memorandum and the national budget. This debate is called the "General Political Debate on the Budget Memorandum". It is normally held on the Wednesday and Thursday following Prince's Day, but this year, it will take place on Wednesday 19 and Friday 21 September.

General Political Debate 2018

Prince's Day

18 September 2018, the third Tuesday in September, is "Prince's Day" (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands. On that day, King Willem-Alexander delivers the so-called "Speech from the Throne" (Troonrede), in his capacity as Head of State. He does so on behalf of the Government, in the Hall of Knights in the Binnenhof in The Hague. Subsequently, the Minister of Finance presents his "third-Tuesday-of-September"-briefcase to the President of the House of Representatives. This briefcase contains the Government's financial plans for the coming year. Prince's Day is an important day in Dutch politics, as it marks the start of the new parliamentary year.

Prince's Day 2018

Circular economy and deposit money

On Thursday, 15 March 2018, the standing committee on Infrastructure and Water Management had a debate with Ms Stientje van Veldhoven, state secretary of Infrastructure and Water Management, about the circular economy. Deposit on plastic bottles was one of the items on the agenda.

Plastic refuse being recycled into usable raw material

Reconstruction of the islands of St. Martin, Saba and Sint Eustatius

On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, the standing committee on Kingdom Relations discussed the reconstruction of the Leeward Islands with the state secretary of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Mr Knops, who represented the Cabinet.

enormous damages on the islands of St. Martin