Parliamentary committee of the Dutch parliament

A House of Representatives committee is a committee set up by the Dutch House of Representatives for a specific substantive or procedural subject. The committees consult in so-called committee meetings.

The House of Representatives of the States General has 150 MPs. Because not all members are able to accurately scrutinise topics to be discussed, parliamentary committees were set up. A parliamentary committee deals with a specific group of subjects in a policy area. For example, there is a parliamentary committee of Economic Affairs, Defence, Finance and Foreign Affairs, which deals with all matters in that policy area.

Lottery tickets are used to sort of members of parliaments onto departmental committees.

Types

European representation was later filled by MEPs. In 1980 the House of Representatives had 30 permanent and 60 special committees.[1]

Standing committees

A permanent committee is a committee set up to monitor a policy area of a ministry . Standing committees were established in 1953 to relieve the plenary of overly detailed discussions. The standing committees are defined in the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives.

In the period from the 2021 Dutch general election, there are a total of fifteen standing committees. Except for the Ministry of General Affairs, there is a permanent committee for each ministry that deals with subjects in the field of that ministry. In addition, there are standing committees without a ministry for European Affairs and Digital Affairs. For some ministries, the portfolio is divided over several committees.

Committee[2] Chair Party
Interior Kiki Hagen D66
Kingdom Relations Mariëlle Paul VVD
Foreign Affairs Rudmer Heerema VVD
Defence Raymond de Roon PVV
Economic Affairs and Climate Agnes Mulder CDA
Finance Judith Tielen VVD
Infrastructure and Water Management Tjeerd de Groot D66
Justice and Security Hülya Kat D66
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Jaco Geurts CDA
Education, Culture and Science Ingrid Michon-Derkzen VVD
Social Affairs and Employment Tunahan Kuzu DENK
Public Health, Welfare and Sport Bart Smals VVD
European Affairs Laura Bromet GL
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Jorien Wuite D66
Digital Business Roelien Kamminga VVD

Temporary committees

Temporary committees differ from general committees in that they have a precisely defined mission. As soon as that assignment has been carried out, i.e. as soon as the committee has issued a report and this has been discussed in the House of Representatives, the committee will cease to exist.

  • Temporary Committee on Financial System Investigation

References
  1. Aerts, R.A.M.; van Baalen, C.; te Velde, H. (2015). In dit huis. twee eeuwen Tweede Kamer. Amsterdam. ISBN 978-90-8953-199-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "Commissies". Tweede Kamer (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
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