The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, March 4, as is the case every parliamentary week. Citizens and organizations who want to make their voices heard come to the House of Representatives building to do so in the form of a petition presentation. This time, the MPs will receive five petitions.
The petition presentation takes place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations present the petitions to various committees. MPs from those committees come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, March 4
- 1:15 PM: Petition The Youth Agreement on behalf of Young Climate Movement to the Committee for Climate and Green Growth;
- 1:15 PM: Petition Give pension savers and retirees control over their own pensions on behalf of J. van der Biezen to the Committee for Social Affairs and Employment;
- 1:30 PM: Petition More cooperation, inclusive education, and more funding to promote equal opportunities and talent development on behalf of the Partnership for Equal Opportunities and Citizenship Education to the Committee for Education, Culture, and Science;
- 1:45 PM: Petition No men in womens sports on behalf of Pro Woman to the Committee for Health, Welfare, and Sport;
- 1:45 PM: Petition about the planned state visit of the Royal House to Kenya to the Committee for Internal Affairs.
What is a Petition?
A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voice heard. The petition may concern government plans that the submitters disagree with, or a topic that they feel is not receiving enough attention in the House.
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Besides voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to influence politics; the petition is one of them. Read more on How the House Works.