The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, March 10, as they do every meeting week. Citizens and organizations wishing to express their views come to the House of Representatives building to submit these in the form of a petition. This time, members of parliament will receive two petitions.
The petition submission takes place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations submit the petitions to various committees. Members of parliament from those committees come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, March 10
- 1:15 PM: petition Stop the illegal transport of sick pigs by the Foundation Pigs in Need to the Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature;
- 1:45 PM: petition Do not place trans women in the womens prison. Put all men in the mens prison by the foundation Voorzij to the Committee for Justice and Security.
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 the submitters disagree with or about a topic they feel receives too little attention in parliament.
Read more
Besides voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to influence politics; the petition is one of them. Read more at How Parliament Works.