House of Representatives news

The Speaker of the House, ms. Anouchka van Miltenburg, takes initiatives to come to less tight schedules for the ‘yellow card procedure’ within the European Union. 

The standing committee for Infrastructure and Environment will organize a public hearing about the alternatives for the Fyra trains on the high speed railway connection between Amsterdam and Brussels. 

The standing  committee on Foreign Affairs invited experts and stakeholders for a public round table on the government plans for reorganizations in the field of international diplomacy.     

The standing  committee for Foreign Affairs invited experts and stakeholders for a public round table on international security on October 7.    

A delegation from the committee for Defence visited the Dutch Patriot mission in Southern Turkey. 

A member of the European Commission visits the House of Representatives on Thursday September 19.  

Dutch minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem presents the National Budget and the Budget Memorandum on Tuesday September 17.

Tuesday September 17 is Prince's Day in The Netherlands.

Four new members of the House were sworn in on Tuesday September 3: Rudmer Heerema (VVD), Marith Rebel-Volp (PvdA), Tjitske Siderius (SP) and Henk Leenders (PvdA). 

 A delegation from the committee for Foreign Trade and  Development Cooperation visits  Tanzania and Ethiopia from August 17 until August 26.  

The Speaker of the House, ms. Anouchka van Miltenburg, visited Brussels on July 8 and 9 and London on July 10, 11 and 12. In Brussels she met with mr. Herman van Rompuy, president of the European Council, and in London ms. Van Miltenburg had a meeting with deputy prime minister mr. Nick Clegg (photo).

Two members of the Dutch Parliament attended a Meeting of chairmen of parliamentary Committees  on issues of reform of common agricultural policy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

On Tuesday July 2, the Dutch drugs policy was the subject of a closed meeting between the Committee for Safety and Justice of the Dutch House of Representatives and the British Parliamentary Group on Drugs Policy Reform.

Tuesday July 2, the House discussed the results of the EU-summit in Brussels on June 27 and 28.

On Wednesday July 3 the committees for Finance and European Affairs have looked forward  to the next meeting of the Eurogroup and Ecofin.