The committees of the House of Representatives will receive a number of petitions on Tuesday, June 10, as they do every meeting week. Citizens and organizations wishing to voice their opinions come to the building of the House of Representatives to do so in the form of a petition presentation. This time, the Members of Parliament will receive two petitions.
The petition presentation takes place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations present the petitions to various committees. Members of Parliament from those committees come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, June 10
- 1:15 PM: petition regarding a change in the budgeting system for development cooperation by Partos to the Finance Committee;
- 1:45 PM: petition regarding investing in the future of vulnerable youth by Het Bouwdepot to the Health, Welfare, and Sport Committee.
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 that they believe receives too little attention in the House.
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In addition to voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to exert influence on politics; the petition is one of them. Read more at How the House Works.