State secretaries do not attend the Council of Ministers unless they are requested to do so and they do not have voting rights.

The Council of Ministers meets every week on Friday in the Trêveszaal (English: Room of Treaties) of the Binnenhof. It makes decisions by means of collegiate governance. All ministers, including the Prime Minister, are (theoretically) equal. These meetings are chaired by the Prime Minister, or by the first Deputy Prime Minister