The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, March 11, as is customary in every meeting week. Citizens and organizations wishing to make their voices heard come to the House of Representatives to do so by presenting a petition. This time, the Members of Parliament will receive two petitions.
The petition presentation takes place between 1:15 PM and 1:45 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations present the petitions to various committees. Members of Parliament from those committees come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, March 11
- 1:15 PM: petition The Frisian Threefold, about a business model for green gas production, on behalf of energy cooperative Wijnjewoude Energy Neutral (WEN) to the committee for Climate and Green Growth;
- 1:30 PM: petition Keep the Veluwezoom Bomb-Free on behalf of residents, nature lovers, recreational users, and other stakeholders concerned with the Veluwe to the committee for Defense.
What is a petition?
A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voices heard. The petition can be about government plans that the petitioners disagree with or about a topic they believe is receiving insufficient attention in the House.
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In addition to voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to influence politics; the petition is one such way. Read more on How the House Works.