Each year, the House of Representatives discusses the budgets of the individual ministries. Every week, one or more budgets are reviewed. Next week, the budget discussions for Health, Welfare and Sport and Defense are on the agenda. You can follow the debates via the Debat Direct app.

The discussion of the Health, Welfare and Sport budget starts on Tuesday, March 3 at 5:05 PM. On Wednesday, March 4 at 10:45 AM, the discussion of the Defense budget begins. On both days, members of parliament will give their input. The follow-up debates are both on Thursday, March 5. For Health, Welfare and Sport, this starts at 10:15 AM and for Defense at 5:00 PM.

Planning

On Tuesday, December 9, the House began the budget discussion of General Affairs and the Kings budget. In the week of March 10, the last budget discussions are scheduled: Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, and Social Affairs and Employment.

Elections

The aim of parliament and government is to have the national budget, presented on Budget Day, approved 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 the individual ministries will take place this time in the December-March period, after the new members have taken office.

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