The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, February 3, as they do 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 six 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, February 3

  • 1:15 PM: petition Manifest Netto Natuurwinst by Natuurverdubbelaars, on behalf of an alliance of large Dutch companies, (semi)public institutions and nature organizations, to the committee for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature;
  • 1:15 PM: petition Energy in Figures 2026 by Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) to the committee for Climate and Green Growth;
  • 1:30 PM: petition about the persecution of Christians by Open Doors to the committee for Foreign Affairs;
  • 1:30 PM: petition about education budget cuts by the National Student Union (LSVb) to the committee for Foreign Affairs;
  • 1:45 PM: petition Digitalization Agenda by VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland to the committee for Digital Affairs;
  • 1:45 PM: petition Full Power Ahead for Womens Rights and Gender Equality by WO=MEN to the committee for Education, Culture and Science. 

What is a petition?

A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voices heard. The petition can, for example, be about government plans that the submitters disagree with, or about a topic they feel 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.