After a long day of debating on the 2013 budget on Thursday April 26th 2012, the House of Representatives will be in recess from Friday April 27th until Monday May 14th 2012.

From Thursday 19 April until Sunday 22 April, the Contact Group United Kingdom of the Dutch House of Representatives paid a working visit to London.

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.