The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, January 20, as in every meeting week. Citizens and organizations who want to express their views come to the House of Representatives building to do so in the form of a petition submission. This time, Members of Parliament will receive eight 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 20

  • 1:15 pm: petition about human rights violations in Balochistan by Baloch National Movement (BNM) to the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
  • 1:15 pm: petition on combating femicide to the Committee on Justice and Security;
  • 1:15 pm: petition NO to the livestock industry, YES to a dignified future for animals by the Wakker Dier foundation to the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature;
  • 1:15 pm: petition Action agenda for family businesses: The future of the family business by Family Businesses Netherlands (FBNed) to the Committee on Economic Affairs;
  • 1:30 pm: petition State of the port by the municipality of Terschelling to the Committee on Infrastructure and Water Management;
  • 1:30 pm: petition on victims of femicide by the Flinders of Hope foundation to the Committee on Justice and Security;
  • 1:30 pm: petition on the future of children by World Vision to the Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation; 
  • 1:45 pm: petition The major maintenance task for roads, railways and waterways by VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland to the Committee on Infrastructure and Water Management. 

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 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 the House works.