As of today, the House of Representatives has a committee on digital affairs. It will be a ‘permanent’ committee, as, for example, Finance and the Interior already have. Last year, a parliamentary committee of inquiry concluded that all committees ‘add digitization’ without specialized support. That way, many issues would be addressed a little everywhere, and nowhere thoroughly.
With the new committee, the House wants to get a better grip on developments in digitization, because they have major consequences for society, employment, security and democracy.
The digital affairs committee includes the new MPs Kathmann (PvdA) and Rajkowski (VVD). Kathmann said in it NOS Radio 1 News that the corona crisis has once again made it clear how important digitization is: “Without digital collectivity, there is no education and actually no more care and you can no longer do your work properly.”
Rajkowski wants to prioritize a vision of algorithms and cybercrime. As an important point of attention, she also mentions how you can do business safely: “We really have to start thinking about a long-term strategy.”