House of Representatives news

The Committee of Parliamentary Inquiry into the Financial System presented its final report ‘Lost Credit II - Taking stock’ today. The Chair of the Committee, Jan de Wit, presented the final report to the President of the House of Representatives, Gerdi Verbeet.

On Thursday 22 March, members of the Committee of Finance and the Committee of European Affairs had a public meeting with a delegation from Greece under leadership of the Greek interior minister Tassos Giannitsis.

On Thursday 15 March, a delegation of the Deutsch-Niederländische Parlamentariergruppe from the German Bundestag visited the Dutch House of Representatives.

In 2012, The House of Representatives will conduct 3 parliamentary investigations. On Thursday 13 March, the House of Representatives agreed on 2 research proposals: “Effects and costs of Dutch climate and energy policy” and  “Housing costs”.

On Thursday 8 March, the House of Representatives held a plenary session on the citizen’s initiative ‘Completed life’.

On Saturday 25 February, the President of the House of Representatives, Ms Gerdi Verbeet, will lay a wreath at the monument ‘De Dokwerker’ at the J.D. Meyerplein in Amsterdam.

On Thursday 16 February, the President of the House of Representatives, ms Gerdi Verbeet, will receive the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, mr Peter Neĉas.

On Thursday 2 February, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro, mr Rehn, visited the House of Representatives.

On Tuesday 24 January, ms Anja Hazekamp of the Party for the Animals was sworn in as Member of Parliament. On Wednesday 25 January, mr Jeroen de Lange of the Labour Party was sworn in as Member of Parliament.

On Thursday 19 January, the President of the Senate, mr Fred de Graaf, and the President of the House of Representatives, ms Gerdi Verbeet, received the Prime Minister of Israel, mr Benjamin Netanyahu.

On Tuesday 17 January at the opening of the plenary session, 2 new Members of the Dutch Parliament were sworn in.

From Tuesday 10 January until Friday 13 January, a delegation of the Committee of Health, Welfare and Sport is paying a closed working visit to the German federal state Nordrhein-Westfalen.

On Tuesday 13 December the President of the House of Representatives, Ms Gerdi Verbeet, received the governor of Aruba, Mr Fredis Refunjol, the governor of St. Maarten, Mr Eugene Holiday, and the governor of Curaçao, Mr Frits Goedgedrag.

A delegation of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands participated in an international election observation mission to observe the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation.

On Tuesday 29 November the President of Mali, Mr. Amadou Toumani Touré, will visit the States-General.