Parliamentary committee of the Dutch parliament

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

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

House of Representatives

A committee meeting

Standing committees

A standing committee is a committee set up to monitor a policy area of a ministry. They are defined in the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives [nl]. Standing committees were established in 1953 to relieve the plenary of overly detailed discussions. In 1980 the House of Representatives had 30 permanent and 60 special committees.^[1]

In the period from the 2023 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. For some ministries, the portfolio is divided over several committees. In addition, there are standing committees without a ministry for European Affairs and Digital Affairs.

Committee[2][3]	Chair	Group		Vice Chair	Group
Interior	Henk de Vree		PVV	Wendy van Eijk		VVD
Kingdom Relations	Olger van Dijk		NSC	Songül Mutluer		GL/PvdA
Foreign Affairs	Jesse Klaver		GL/PvdA	Roelien Kamminga		VVD
Defence	Isa Kahraman		NSC	Chris Faddegon		PVV
Economic Affairs	Ingrid Michon-Derkzen		VVD	Chris Stoffer		SGP
Finance	Jeanet Nijhof-Leeuw		PVV	Thierry Aartsen		VVD
Infrastructure and Water Management	Peter de Groot		VVD	Jimme Nordkamp		GL/PvdA
Justice and Security	Joeri Pool		PVV	Michiel van Nispen		SP
Agriculture, Fisheries, Nature and Food Quality	Max Aardema		PVV	Thom van Campen		VVD
Education, Culture and Science	Laura Bromet		GL/PvdA	Harry Bevers		VVD
Social Affairs and Employment	Judith Tielen		VVD	Luc Stultiens		GL/PvdA
Health, Welfare and Sport	Mohammed Mohandis		GL/PvdA	Ilse Saris		NSC
European Affairs	Caroline van der Plas		BBB	René Claassen		PVV
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation	Aukje de Vries		VVD	Vacant
Digital Affairs	Natascha Wingelaar		NSC	Marieke Wijen-Nass		BBB
Asylum and Migration	Hans Vijlbrief		D66	Rachel van Meetelen		PVV
Climate Policy and Green Growth	Joris Thijssen		GL/PvdA	Jan Valize		PVV
Housing and Spatial Planning	Wytske Postma		NSC	Marieke Wijen-Nass		BBB

Contact groups

Contact group[2][3]	Chair	Group
Belgium	Thierry Aartsen		VVD
United States	Derk Boswijk		CDA
Germany	Jimme Nordkamp		GL/PvdA
United Kingdom	Vacant
France	Roelien Kamminga		VVD

Delegations

Delegation[2][3]	Chair	Group
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	Vacant
NATO Parliamentary Assembly	Vacant
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly	Vacant
Benelux Parliament	Vacant
Interparliamentary Commission of the Dutch Language Union	Vacant
Interparliamentary Union	Vacant
Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean	Vacant

Other permanent committees

Committee[2][3]	Chair	Group		Description
Petitions	Raoul White		GL/PvdA	Receives and reviews citizens' petitions[4]
Intelligence and Security Services	Geert Wilders		PVV	Reviews confidential aspects of government policy[5]
Public Expenditure	Joost Sneller		D66	Reviews the legality, effectiveness and efficiency of public expenditure[6]
Presidium	Martin Bosma		PVV	Responsible for the House of Representatives' day-to-day management[7]
Procedure	Martin Bosma		PVV	Responsible for changes to the Rules of Procedure[8]
Credentials	Ulysse Ellian		VVD	Reviews the conduct of elections and the admission of new members[9]
Art	Peter van Haasen (acting)		PVV	Responsible for the House of Representatives' art collection[10]
Building Advice	Thierry Aartsen		VVD	Advises the presidium on housing matters for the parliament[11]

Temporary committees

A public hearing of a parliamentary inquiry committee

Main article: Parliamentary inquiry in the Netherlands

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.

• Parliamentary inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic
• Committee on Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Review

Senate

Standing committees

Committee[12]	Chair	Group
Interior	Ilona Lagas		BBB
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Cooperation	Koen Petersen [nl]		VVD
Economic Affairs and Climate Policy	Saskia Kluit		GL/PvdA
European Affairs	Bastiaan van Apeldoorn [nl]		SP
Finance	Pim van Ballekom [nl]		VVD
Immigration & Asylum / JHA Council	Alexander van Hattem		PVV
Infrastructure, Water Management and Environment	Eric Kemperman [nl]		BBB
Justice and Security	Boris Dittrich		D66
Kingdom Relations	Paul Rosenmöller		GL/PvdA
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality	Gert-Jan Oplaat		BBB
Education, Culture and Science	Theo Rietkerk [nl]		CDA
Social Affairs and Employment	Mei Li Vos		GL/PvdA
Health, Welfare and Sport	Greet Prins [nl]		CDA

Other committees

Committee[12]	Chair	Group		Description
Petitions	Gom van Strien		PVV	Receives and reviews citizens' petitions[13]
Credentials				Reviews the admission of new members[14]