On Tuesday 29 January 2 pm, at the beginning of the plenary sitting, the Speaker of the House of Representatives briefly considered the announcement of Her Majesty the Queen to abdicate on 30 April 2013.
On Wednesday 10 January 2013 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, paid a visit to Brussels.
On Thursday 10 and Friday 11 January 2013 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, paid a visit to Luxembourg.
After a long day of debating on Thursday 20 December, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, closed the year 2012.
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have jointly notified the European Commission that both Houses have decided to show the "yellow card" to the proposal of the Commission on gender equality among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges.
On Friday 14 December the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, will have an introductory talk with representatives from Sint Maarten, Aruba and Curaçao.
On Wednesday 5 December 2012 Mr Maroš Šefčovič, one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Commission, will pay a visit to the House of Representatives.
On Wednesday 21 November the brainstorming group on the Costs and effects of climate and energy policy of the House of Representatives presented a review study on the Dutch climate and energy policy 1989-2012 to the standing committee on Infrastructure and the Environment and the standing committee on Economic Affairs.
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.
