Multiple Dutch parliamentary parties are calling for an urgent debate with Justice and Security Minister Van Weel (VVD) after the Netherlands Court of Audit (the independent government body that audits public spending and policy) accused him of providing misleading information to parliament. The court's report, published in June, revealed that thousands of reports of serious crimes in 2024 — including violent offences, hard drug production, and identity fraud — were left uninvestigated by police; when Van Weel downplayed the findings by suggesting many reports lacked investigative leads, the court said he had led parliament astray. Parties across the political spectrum called the situation "serious," warning that lawmakers cannot function on inaccurate information, while Van Weel insists he did not intend to minimise the problem and describes the dispute as "a difference of interpretation."