• 27 January 2016

    Khadija Arib elected Speaker of the House

    On 13 January, ms. Khadija Arib (PvdA) was elected the new Speaker of the House

  • 20 January 2016

    Round-table discussion on MH17

    On Friday 22 January the House of Representatives hold round-table discussions on the MH17 disaster. These round table-discussions focus on the Cabinet response to the investigation reports about the plane, which was downed by a missile.

  • 7 January 2016

    European Commission to visit the States General on 7 January 2016

    On 7 January 2016, the Dutch parliament will meet the European Commission. The meeting is taking place against the backdrop of the Dutch EU Presidency in the first six months of 2016.

  • 12 December 2015

    Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, Speaker of the House resigns

    Following the strong statements by the Oosting Committee and the continuing publicity regarding Ms van Miltenburg personally, Ms van Miltenburg has decided to resign from her position, effective immediately. Ms van Miltenburg will remain as Member of Parliament for the VVD (People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy).

  • 27 November 2015

    The Parliamentary dimension of the Netherlands EU Presidency

    From January to June 2016 the Netherlands will hold the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The States-General will play a major role during this Presidency. In a press conference on Tuesday 24 November, the President of the Senate, Ankie Broekers-Knol, and her House of Representatives counterpart, Anouchka van Miltenburg, announced the conference dates and programmes.

  • 27 November 2015

    Debate about the Paris attacks

    On Thursday 19 November 2015, the House had a debate about the Paris attacks. The spokespersons of the parliamentary groups wanted to hear from Prime Minister Mark Rutte, minister Ard van der Steur (Security and Justice) and minister Lodewijk Asscher (Social Affairs and Employment) what the consequences of the violence in the French capital are for the policy of the Dutch Government.

  • 12 November 2015

    Live streaming of meetings updated

    The live streaming of meetings at www.tweedekamer.nl has been updated. This makes it easier for you to follow the meetings of the House of Representatives on your computer or mobile device.

  • 4 November 2015

    ECPRD Seminar in The Hague

    On 5 and 6 November, the Eerste Kamer and Tweede Kamer (the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives) host a ECPRD seminar titled “The practicalities, advantages and disadvantages of unicameral and bicameral parliamentary systems”.

  • 29 October 2015

    Parliamentary investigation into a broad definition of welfare

    The Temporary Committee on a Broad Definition of Welfare investigates the way GDP is measured and explores measures of welfare in a broad sense.

  • 15 October 2015

    Special joint meeting of both chambers of Parliament

    On Friday 16 October a special joint meeting took place in the Hall of Knights. On that that day it was exactly 200 years since both chambers held a joint meeting in The Hague for the first time.

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