Dutch MPs to address mental health, poverty, and labor rights in six petitions this Tuesday
On March 24, Dutch citizens and organizations will present six petitions to MPs, urging action on critical issues like mental health waiting lists, child poverty, and unfair labor practices. These petitions highlight pressing societal concerns demanding parliamentary attention.
| Time | Petition Title | Organization | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:15 PM | Away with the Waiting Lists: Help Cannot Wait | National Platform for Mental Health (MIND) | Health, Welfare and Sport |
| 1:15 PM | Together, Children in Poverty Are Not Alone | Sam& collaboration | Social Affairs and Employment |
| 1:30 PM | Transparency in the pharmaceutical sector | Wemos Foundation | Health, Welfare and Sport |
| 1:30 PM | Stop the Debt Industry | Humanitas Foundation | Social Affairs and Employment |
| 1:45 PM | FIFA World Cup: Call for a boycott | DeGoedeZaak | Health, Welfare and Sport |
| 1:45 PM | Those Who Work Lose Out: Injustice for Wajong Beneficiaries | FNV Wajong Group | Social Affairs and Employment |
The House of Representatives plays a key role in democratic participation by receiving petitions from citizens and organizations. These petitions serve as a formal way to draw attention to societal issues and influence policy discussions in Parliament.
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Members of Parliament receive petitions on Tuesday, March 24
The committees of the House of Representatives will receive a number of petitions on Tuesday, March 24, as they do every meeting week. Citizens and organizations wishing to make their views known will come to the House of Representatives building to present them in the form of a petition submission. This time, the MPs will receive six petitions.
The petition submission will take place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. The citizens and organizations will present the petitions to various committees. MPs from those committees will come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, March 24
- 1:15 PM: Petition 'Away with the Waiting Lists: Help Cannot Wait' by the National Platform for Mental Health (MIND) to the Health, Welfare and Sport Committee;
- 1:15 PM: Petition 'Together, Children in Poverty Are Not Alone' by the Sam& collaboration to the Social Affairs and Employment Committee;
- 1:30 PM: Petition on transparency in the pharmaceutical sector by the Wemos Foundation to the Health, Welfare and Sport Committee;
- 1:30 PM: Petition 'Stop the Debt Industry' by the Humanitas Foundation to the Social Affairs and Employment Committee;
- 1:45 PM: Petition on the FIFA World Cup and the call for a boycott by DeGoedeZaak to the Health, Welfare and Sport Committee;
- 1:45 PM: Petition 'Those Who Work Lose Out. Injustice for Wajong Beneficiaries' by the FNV Wajong Group to the Social Affairs and Employment Committee.
What is a petition?
A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voices heard. The petition may, for example, concern government plans with which the petitioners disagree, or a topic they believe is not receiving enough attention in Parliament.
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In addition to 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.