The House of Representatives discusses the budgets of individual ministries every year. Each week one or more budgets are reviewed. On Tuesday, January 13, the budget for Housing and Spatial Planning is on the agenda. You can follow the plenary debate from 5:00 PM via the Debat Direct app.

For the debate, the Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning, Mona Keijzer, will come to the House. The next day at 11:05 AM, the budget for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is on the agenda, with State Secretary Aukje de Vries. On Thursday, January 15, both debates will continue at 10:15 AM (Housing and Spatial Planning) and 4:00 PM (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation).

Schedule

The House started the budget discussions on Tuesday, December 9, with the budgets for General Affairs and the Kings budget. In the coming weeks, other budget debates are scheduled:

  • week of January 20: Infrastructure and Water Management and Economic Affairs;
  • week of January 27: Foreign Affairs and Justice and Security;
  • week of February 3: Interior Affairs and Asylum and Migration;
  • week of February 10: Education, Culture and Science and Climate and Green Growth;
  • week of February 24: Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature and Social Affairs and Employment;
  • week of March 3: Defense and Public Health, Welfare and Sport.

Elections

The aim of parliament and government is to have the national budget, presented on Budget Day, adopted before January 1. This means approval by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Ministries can then start implementing policies immediately in the new year. Due to the elections on October 29, the budget debates for individual ministries will take place this time in the period December-March, after the new members have taken office.

Follow live, read more and watch back

  • Follow the debate on the Housing and Spatial Planning budget on Tuesday 13 live via Debat Direct.
  • Follow the debate on the Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation budget on Wednesday 14 and Thursday January 15 live via Debat Direct.
  • Both debates have automatic live subtitles. You can also watch the debates back via Debat Direct.
  • Read more about the steps of the budget, from preparations to reviewing whether goals have been achieved.