House of Representatives news

Result procedural meeting Monday 28 July 2014 about the repatriation mission

On Monday 28 July 2014 the standing committee on Foreign Affairs, the standing committee on Security and Justice and the standing committee on Defence held a procedural meeting about the repatriation mission. The outcome? A briefing at civil service level to be held on Monday afternoon and a committee debate with the Cabinet on Tuesday 29 July.

Committee room

Meeting about MH17 disaster on Friday 25 July

On Friday 25 July the standing committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives will hold a debate about the flight MH17 disaster, from 10.00 hrs until ca 12.00 hrs.

Debating room with audience

Speaker asks for greater influence for national parliaments in EU legislative process

Monday 7 April, the Speaker of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives, Anouchka van Miltenburg, addressed her European colleagues at the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments, in Vilnius. In her keynote speech she asked for augmentation of the EU legislative process that would allow National Parliaments to be of greater influence.

Van Miltenburg speeching

Mr Ard van der Steur rapporteur on European Public Prosecutor's Office

On 19 February 2014 the standing committee on Security and Justice appointed Mr Ard van der Steur rapporteur. On behalf of the House he will monitor the negotiation process with regard to the EU-proposal for the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). The House of Representatives is against this proposal.

Ard van der Steur

Explore House buildings with Google Streetview

You can now virtually explore the Dutch House of Representatives premises. Google Streetview added some of the most important rooms of the Tweede Kamer to its three-dimensional maps.

The plenary hall on Google Streetview