News item | 23-09-2022 | 16:30
From 20 September 2022, the cabinet will send the underlying departmental memorandums (decision memorandums) with all parliamentary documents. This new method has already been applicable to parliamentary documents on policy and legislation since 1 July 2021. By publishing decision memorandums, the government wants to provide the House with an accessible insight into the considerations of ministers in their decision-making. And thus enable parliament to properly perform its monitoring and co-legislative tasks.
A decision memorandum contains background information that ministers use when deciding on a parliamentary document. Consider, for example, policy alternatives to a social issue. The (digital) notes of the minister about the content of the decision memorandum are also public. Decision Memos are published on www.rijksoverheid.nl, making them accessible to society.
Minister Bruins Slot: “Publishing decision memorandums is an important step towards a more open government. With this we improve the information provision to parliament and also to society”.