The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, January 13, as in every meeting week. Citizens and organizations wishing to express their views come to the House of Representatives building to do so in the form of a petition submission. This time, the Members of Parliament will receive four 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, January 13

  • 1:15 PM: petition ‘Support the transition to sustainable mobility’ by Ground for Change to the Committee on Infrastructure and Water Management;
  • 1:15 PM: petition Package of Truth about protecting the quality and accessibility of abortion care by the Free Choice Coalition foundation to the Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport;
  • 1:15 PM: petition The Hague, adjust the rules and give the Dutch industry a level playing field about enabling fair competition with foreign countries by the Christian National Trade Union to the Committee on Economic Affairs;
  • 1:30 PM: petition Sun Covenant about preventing skin cancer by the National Skin Fund to the Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport.

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 believe receives too little attention in Parliament.

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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 at How Parliament works.