House of Representatives news

In a hardened political and social climate, the three branches of government have been blind to their inhumane and unjust treatment of citizens. People’s fundamental rights were violated and the rule of law was dismissed. This is the main conclusion the parliamentary committee of inquiry into Fraud Policy and Public Service Provision draws in its report 'Blind voor mens en recht', which it presented on 26 February.

Martin Bosma (PVV) was chosen to be the new President of the House of Representatives. In the second round of the election procedure, he obtained 75 out of the 146 valid votes.

The elections of November 22nd, 2023, resulted in fifteen parties taking seat in the House of Representatives. The Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for the Freedom, PVV) emerged as the largest party, obtaining 37 seats.

Early elections to the House of Representatives will take place on Wednesday, 22 November 2023.

The interests of the people of Groningen have been structurally ignored during gas extraction in Groningen. The consequences for them are disastrous. This is the main conclusion of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into natural gas extraction in Groningen.

On Thursday 31 March the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Dutch House of Representatives via video link.

On Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 January, the House of Representatives will debate the policy statement by the fourth Rutte Cabinet. On Tuesday, the leaders of the parliamentary groups will have the floor. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Rutte will answer questions from the House of Representatives on behalf of the government. This will be followed by a second period in which Members of Parliament can propose motions.

The relocation of the House of Representatives to its temporary accommodation elsewhere in The Hague city centre has been completed. The first day of sittings took place at 67 Bezuidenhoutseweg on 7 September. In this bulletin you can find updates, photos and more information about the relocation and the temporary accommodation.

The temporary accommodation of the House of Representatives was officially opened on Tuesday, 7 September, the first day of sittings after the summer recess. During a short ceremony, Speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp marked this moment with a speech, followed by the official opening.

On 7th April 2021, ms. Vera Bergkamp (D66) was elected President of the House.

The elections for the House of Representatives take place on 17 March. President of the House Khadija Arib calls on everyone to go and vote. Do exercise your democratic right to vote, the President of the House says emphatically. Due to the restrictions instituted to contain the spread of coronavirus, the elections will proceed in a different manner than before.

From 10pm onwards on November 4th, the Dutch House of Representatives will close its doors to public once again. This is due to the new government measures to prevent the corona virus from spreading.

As of 1 September 2020, the House of Representatives is to resume nearly all of its regular parliamentary work. The House will also be open to the public again, albeit in a restricted form. The President of the House of Representatives, Khadija Arib, wrote to MPs to inform them of this on Wednesday August 26.

On Thursday 28 May 2020 the temporary committee on the Digital future of the Dutch House of Representatives has presented its final report 'Update required. Towards greater parliamentary control of digitisation'. The committee has concluded that the House should establish a standing parliamentary committee for Digital Affairs, starting in the next Cabinet term. Further more, it recommends amongst other things that the House should draw up a Digitisation agenda and place additional focus on European Union legislation and how it is shaped.

On May 4 2020, the commemoration ceremony at the Roll of Honour for the Fallen took place in the House of Representatives. The President of the House, Khadija Arib, gave a speech and laid a wreath at the national monument, together with President of the Senate Jan Anthonie Bruijn, on behalf of the States General. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Paul Blokhuis, State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport, laid a wreath on behalf of the Council of Ministers.