It is comparable to a parliamentary inquiry in the House of Representatives, but at a local level. According to Coen Modderman, professor of law in decentralized governments, the council survey is inspired by the parliamentary survey. Such a parliamentary inquiry has previously been used to investigate what went wrong with childcare allowances, with natural gas extraction in Groningen and more recently with the approach to the corona pandemic.
What is it and what does it mean for Alderman Van Hooijdonk? 5 questions about the council survey
