House of Representatives news

The House of Representatives will be in recess from Friday 15 February 2013 until Monday 25 February 2013. The next plenary debate will be on Tuesday 26 February 2013.

The new King will be sworn in and inaugurated at a public and joint session of the two Houses of the States General, to be held in the Nieuwe Kerk Church in the capital city, Amsterdam.

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 Thursday 15 November the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg, will receive the president of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mr Cemil Çiçek.

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.

On Monday 8 October a delegation of Dutch MPs will pay a visit to Brussels. The MPs will have talks with some key role players in the debate about Europe's economic and monetary future.

On Tuesday 25 September Ms Anouchka van Miltenburg was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.