Jaarverslag en slotwet Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 2012

This is a Dutch parliamentary procedure concerning the annual report (jaarverslag) and the closing budget law (slotwet) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2012. The closing law formally settles how the ministry's actual spending compared with the budget that parliament approved for that year. Such procedures are a routine part of the Dutch budget cycle, providing parliament with a check on how public funds were used. The procedure mainly concerns the Dutch Parliament's oversight of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government's accountability for its 2012 spending. It does not itself create new policy, and the wider public is affected mainly through the use of public money.