House of Representatives news

On 29 October 2012 the leader of the liberal Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Mr Mark Rutte and the leader of the Labour Party (PvdA), Mr Diederik Samsom, presented the so-called coalition agreement.

The House of Representatives adopted a motion giving Mr Henk Kamp (VVD) and Mr. Wouter Bos (PvdA) the assignment to explore the possibilities of forming a sound and stable Cabinet, consisting of VVD and PvdA ministers and state secretaries.

On Monday 8 October a delegation of Dutch MPs will pay a visit to Brussels. The MPs will have talks with some key role players in the debate about Europe's economic and monetary future.

On Tuesday 25 September Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.

On Monday 17 September 2012 the Electoral Council declared the official results of the 2012 general elections in the historical Old Plenary Hall of the House of Representatives.

Elections for the House of Representatives are scheduled for 12 September 2012. Visit the webpage about the 2012 Elections.

From Wednesday 29 August until Saturday 1 September 2012, the President of the House of Representatives, ms Gerdi Verbeet, will attend the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

On Sunday 1 July 2012, the President of the House of Representatives, ms Gerdi Verbeet, will attend the commemoration ceremony of the abolition of slavery in the former Dutch colonies.

On Saturday 30 June, The Netherlands will celebrate Veterans’day in The Hague. The President of the Dutch House of Representatives, ms Gerdi Verbeet, and members of the committee of Defence will be present.

On Wednesday 6 June, the President of the German Bundesrat, mr Horst Lorenz Seehofer, visited the Dutch States-General.

On Wednesday 6 June, the island councils of the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba (the BES-islands) visited the House of Representatives.

On Wednesday 23 May, the Committee for Immigration, Integration and Asylum met with the vice-premier and minister of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. 

On Wednesday 12 September 2012, general elections for the House of Representatives will be held.

After a long day of debating on the 2013 budget on Thursday April 26th 2012, the House of Representatives will be in recess from Friday April 27th until Monday May 14th 2012.

From Thursday 19 April until Sunday 22 April, the Contact Group United Kingdom of the Dutch House of Representatives paid a working visit to London.