Overview of debates in commons in 1998 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of days with plenary meeting
98
Number of topics discussed
1.040
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
11, 41, 1
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 1998-04-16; 41
  2. 1998-06-25; 38
  3. 1998-04-14; 34
  4. 1998-12-17; 32
  5. 1998-10-15; 27
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 1998-09-25; 1
  2. 1998-05-07; 3
  3. 1998-09-15; 3
  4. 1998-09-16; 4
  5. 1998-01-28; 4
Top 10 repeating topics in 1998 (topic; # times discussed)
Stemmingen 259
Presentie 98
Regeling van werkzaamheden 97
Vragenuur 81
Diverse wetsvoorstellen 19
Verzoekschriften 10
Financiële verantwoording over het jaar 1997 8
Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen 6
Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport 6
Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer 6
Number of topics per week in 1998 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the commons convened in 1998. )
  • 1998-01-13; 26
  • 1998-01-20; 30
  • 1998-01-27; 27
  • 1998-02-03; 26
  • 1998-02-10; 39
  • 1998-02-17; 46
  • 1998-02-24; 0
  • 1998-03-03; 0
  • 1998-03-10; 21
  • 1998-03-17; 29
  • 1998-03-24; 26
  • 1998-03-31; 36
  • 1998-04-07; 39
  • 1998-04-14; 86
  • 1998-04-21; 0
  • 1998-04-28; 0
  • 1998-05-05; 3
  • 1998-05-12; 5
  • 1998-05-19; 11
  • 1998-05-26; 12
  • 1998-06-02; 12
  • 1998-06-09; 16
  • 1998-06-16; 23
  • 1998-06-23; 59
  • 1998-06-30; 0
  • 1998-07-07; 0
  • 1998-07-14; 0
  • 1998-07-21; 0
  • 1998-07-28; 0
  • 1998-08-04; 0
  • 1998-08-11; 0
  • 1998-08-18; 0
  • 1998-08-25; 12
  • 1998-09-01; 12
  • 1998-09-08; 19
  • 1998-09-15; 13
  • 1998-09-22; 22
  • 1998-09-29; 29
  • 1998-10-06; 31
  • 1998-10-13; 54
  • 1998-10-20; 0
  • 1998-10-27; 24
  • 1998-11-03; 32
  • 1998-11-10; 25
  • 1998-11-17; 38
  • 1998-11-24; 45
  • 1998-12-01; 28
  • 1998-12-08; 22
  • 1998-12-15; 62

Overview of the number of words in debates in commons in 1998 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Unless stated otherwise we count the number of words within topic elements. Thus this includes words in speeches and in stage-directions in topics.

Total number of words in speeches
5.348.850
Total number of words in stage-directions
107.747
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
59.820, 130.415, 1.298
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
5.639, 76.422, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 1998-11-18; 130.415
  2. 1998-11-19; 128.447
  3. 1998-11-25; 125.283
  4. 1998-12-03; 113.820
  5. 1998-02-18; 105.597
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 1998-09-15; 1.298
  2. 1998-05-20; 2.762
  3. 1998-05-26; 2.995
  4. 1998-09-25; 3.691
  5. 1998-09-24; 5.748
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 1998-09-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 76.422
  2. 1998-08-25; Regeringsverklaring; 62.599
  3. 1998-09-17; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 60.405
  4. 1998-01-28; Rapport-Dolman; 58.585
  5. 1998-11-25; Fiscale onderwerpen; 56.627
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 1998-06-25; Presentie; 2
  2. 1998-09-17; Presentie; 2
  3. 1998-05-19; Presentie; 28
  4. 1998-12-17; Presentie; 29
  5. 1998-04-16; Destructiewet; 30
Number of words per week in 1998
  • 1998-01-13; 201.079
  • 1998-01-20; 161.199
  • 1998-01-27; 161.870
  • 1998-02-03; 174.257
  • 1998-02-10; 161.261
  • 1998-02-17; 268.000
  • 1998-02-24; 0
  • 1998-03-03; 0
  • 1998-03-10; 160.213
  • 1998-03-17; 193.820
  • 1998-03-24; 210.253
  • 1998-03-31; 226.996
  • 1998-04-07; 197.105
  • 1998-04-14; 237.442
  • 1998-04-21; 0
  • 1998-04-28; 0
  • 1998-05-05; 6.834
  • 1998-05-12; 18.073
  • 1998-05-19; 29.697
  • 1998-05-26; 38.440
  • 1998-06-02; 54.968
  • 1998-06-09; 34.309
  • 1998-06-16; 137.145
  • 1998-06-23; 184.617
  • 1998-06-30; 0
  • 1998-07-07; 0
  • 1998-07-14; 0
  • 1998-07-21; 0
  • 1998-07-28; 0
  • 1998-08-04; 0
  • 1998-08-11; 0
  • 1998-08-18; 0
  • 1998-08-25; 154.468
  • 1998-09-01; 51.539
  • 1998-09-08; 48.437
  • 1998-09-15; 171.414
  • 1998-09-22; 69.402
  • 1998-09-29; 199.642
  • 1998-10-06; 252.614
  • 1998-10-13; 218.471
  • 1998-10-20; 0
  • 1998-10-27; 172.622
  • 1998-11-03; 243.273
  • 1998-11-10; 177.910
  • 1998-11-17; 326.977
  • 1998-11-24; 266.018
  • 1998-12-01; 268.143
  • 1998-12-08; 202.728
  • 1998-12-15; 181.133

Overview of speakers, scenes and speeches in debates in commons in 1998 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of distinct speakers
241
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. Gert Schutte; 82
  2. Bas van der Vlies; 73
  3. Els Borst-Eilers; 71
  4. Ad Melkert; 67
  5. Koos van den Berg; 65
For each speaker, name, # speeches at central lectern, # speeches, # words in speeches (including interruptions), # words spoken at central lectern, # of interruptions by , # interrupted by others
Name # scenes # speeches wc speeches wc scenes interruption outdegree interruption indegree
Gert Schutte 82 550 101.333 79.436 363 97
Bas van der Vlies 73 462 86.656 70.517 308 108
Els Borst-Eilers 71 396 89.246 115.351 6 401
Ad Melkert 67 568 97.599 122.931 92 488
Koos van den Berg 65 385 91.912 83.134 227 115
Mohamed Rabbae 64 866 76.730 50.510 611 175
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink 64 649 111.275 141.901 38 667
Paul Rosenmöller 64 1.181 144.218 83.317 886 186
Jan Marijnissen 62 747 107.695 65.578 535 124
Wim Kok 61 660 139.192 188.837 8 754
Eimert van Middelkoop 58 575 91.319 75.396 363 165
Tineke Netelenbos 54 445 83.313 111.325 14 525
Remi Poppe 51 552 60.718 40.648 401 104
Boris Dittrich 51 750 86.186 80.513 405 332
André Rouvoet 48 436 94.879 73.650 298 94
Gerrit Zalm 47 438 79.674 107.542 3 477
Bram Peper 46 159 38.721 47.154 1 136
Maxime Verhagen 42 457 50.828 37.571 285 134
Dick Stellingwerf 41 347 49.655 40.380 237 72
Alis Koekkoek 41 545 51.163 36.505 398 108
Winnie Sorgdrager 40 618 89.348 123.459 2 692
Benk Korthals 38 545 76.954 101.984 64 526
Roger van Boxtel 36 272 43.088 42.771 103 129
Jo Ritzen 35 235 42.205 56.522 8 221
Jacob Reitsma 34 488 57.173 45.402 298 155
Marijke Vos 33 417 60.708 50.286 224 155
Leen van Dijke 33 369 47.557 33.840 280 44
Job Cohen 33 260 39.716 52.342 10 249
Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma 33 95 19.506 17.599 39 20
Jan de Wit 33 238 33.025 25.764 145 62
Jan Hoekema 32 217 45.246 42.198 101 94
Jan te Veldhuis 30 400 56.952 61.180 153 255
Hans Dijkstal 30 468 97.771 128.758 37 505
Maria van der Hoeven 29 279 30.525 21.972 208 44
Frank de Grave 29 172 39.272 48.999 4 192
Erica Terpstra 28 48 9.360 10.764 0 29
Bert Bakker 28 230 38.924 36.577 110 88
Henk Kamp 28 314 45.577 47.196 119 198
Wim van de Camp 27 353 37.576 31.197 218 96
Jozias van Aartsen 26 250 63.827 84.884 5 341
Clemens Cornielje 26 438 51.349 49.961 225 209
Francine Giskes 25 342 35.157 28.538 209 100
Agnes Kant 25 160 22.843 18.624 94 47
Margo Vliegenthart 24 102 27.405 30.829 12 87
Elizabeth Schmitz 24 128 23.768 30.321 1 134
Rob van Gijzel 23 475 52.208 46.260 251 219
Ad Lansink 23 291 45.085 37.960 175 110
Hans Janmaat 22 70 9.239 7.807 34 23
Ursie Lambrechts 21 303 28.053 25.240 156 133
Kees van der Staaij 21 55 17.088 16.602 25 20
Margreeth de Boer 21 152 23.328 31.649 6 171
Peter Rehwinkel 21 302 35.576 33.172 155 129
Leoni Sipkes 21 161 18.515 14.874 83 55
Jet Nijpels-Hezemans 20 100 14.468 10.402 54 24
Harry van Bommel 20 151 18.524 14.470 95 35
Femke Halsema 20 302 24.779 19.729 188 95
Hans van Mierlo 20 53 11.943 14.519 0 54
Bert Middel 20 283 43.886 43.273 123 155
Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven 19 244 30.455 24.899 155 102
Nicky van 't Riet 19 172 22.995 20.721 73 76
Olga Scheltema-de Nie 19 232 32.868 30.393 101 119
Gerrit Ybema 19 110 24.640 27.195 23 87
Jan Pronk 19 177 41.388 53.867 1 238
Hans Hoogervorst MA 19 268 36.898 49.718 41 244
Thanasis Apostolou 18 140 25.571 24.753 71 55
Joris Voorhoeve 18 85 15.418 19.680 4 69
Gerd Leers 18 196 24.153 21.252 107 77
Pieter Jan Biesheuvel 18 79 12.685 11.757 36 27
Hugo van der Steenhoven 18 135 20.050 14.098 90 24
Ella Kalsbeek 18 423 54.185 46.551 251 160
Ank Bijleveld-Schouten 17 202 28.722 24.356 126 67
Gerrit Terpstra 17 101 16.918 16.080 43 41
Anke van Blerck-Woerdman 17 138 19.136 17.159 67 61
Pieter Hofstra 17 233 28.835 30.956 82 146
Karin Adelmund 16 144 30.781 39.038 0 174
Dick Tommel 16 221 41.624 54.830 4 247
Henk van Hoof 16 158 32.569 35.708 48 111
Jan van Zijl 16 255 32.127 37.086 85 181
Rob Oudkerk 16 206 35.276 36.973 73 137
Margreet Kamp 16 146 15.768 13.665 98 31
Johan Remkes 16 176 34.412 41.158 46 138
Rick van der Ploeg 16 76 13.302 12.699 29 32
Jaap Jelle Feenstra 15 79 15.194 14.534 28 41
Saskia Noorman-den Uyl 15 226 30.183 23.669 149 74
Klaas de Vries 15 231 38.026 52.953 5 257
Stefanie van Vliet 15 119 22.150 19.361 67 51
Hans Wijers 15 72 17.872 23.955 1 77
Frits Bolkestein 14 127 12.390 18.827 20 107
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 14 516 54.328 38.887 371 117
Jan Rijpstra 14 137 15.395 16.692 49 92
Theo Hendriks 14 54 7.842 6.720 30 14
Nellie Verbugt 14 184 17.293 17.526 87 100
Ineke van Gent 13 109 16.787 13.956 76 36
Jacques Wallage 13 81 13.330 11.498 35 27
Frans Weisglas 13 776 33.800 11.302 600 54
Kees Vendrik 12 144 25.591 21.780 90 47
Arthie Schimmel 12 136 20.668 20.054 57 75
Joke Jorritsma-van Oosten 12 104 16.625 18.000 33 64
Otto Vos 11 133 19.608 19.399 55 64
Adri Duivesteijn 11 205 20.410 16.565 116 87
Pieter ter Veer 11 77 10.186 9.127 27 35
Peter van Heemst 11 80 15.322 16.425 18 56
Corrie Hermann 11 57 8.952 6.824 34 13
Ron Meyer 11 17 2.906 2.999 1 5
Dzsingisz Gabor 11 157 16.209 12.780 105 37
Thom de Graaf 11 311 37.546 35.142 155 148
Martin Zijlstra 11 253 13.798 11.585 141 60
Ferd Crone 11 211 32.059 30.494 102 102
Nancy Dankers 11 108 16.116 15.448 54 47
Theo van den Doel 11 127 17.003 13.400 80 35
Bibi de Vries 11 89 11.248 11.535 38 51
Peter van Wijmen 11 91 18.645 20.102 30 62
Willem Vermeend 11 200 27.734 39.927 2 229
Gerritjan van Oven 11 130 15.447 11.999 69 35
Jan van Walsem 10 106 9.420 12.885 13 83
Jan Peter Balkenende 10 100 15.076 10.742 65 20
Hans van den Akker 10 89 12.156 10.449 42 32
Mieke van der Burg 10 238 26.343 22.070 149 84
Sam Cherribi 10 27 2.542 3.010 7 18
Ab Harrewijn 10 107 12.623 10.311 71 36
Monique de Vries 10 71 19.459 20.860 17 52
Marijke Augusteijn-Esser 9 82 9.568 7.595 40 34
Jan Hendrik Klein Molekamp 9 128 14.516 10.999 81 37
Eveline Herfkens 9 102 21.687 27.544 0 120
Dick de Cloe 9 128 18.538 15.929 66 53
Sharon Dijksma 9 58 9.975 9.279 22 27
Marja Wagenaar 9 85 10.584 12.418 26 63
Cees Bremmer 9 70 7.287 7.400 27 37
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven 9 2.753 112.212 27.690 1.575 99
Nel Mulder-van Dam 9 45 4.994 5.069 17 21
Farah Karimi 8 95 13.638 9.333 67 13
Jacob Kohnstamm 8 48 17.428 20.167 1 50
Tineke Witteveen-Hevinga 8 46 8.695 6.764 32 4
Cees van Wingerden 8 39 5.284 4.257 23 10
Theo Rietkerk 8 45 6.069 4.393 30 9
Nebahat Albayrak 7 38 4.981 5.541 10 38
Clémence Ross-van Dorp 7 103 10.962 10.942 52 60
Hans Jeekel 7 48 9.513 9.519 22 24
Loek Hermans 7 148 22.443 32.990 1 177
Hella Voûte-Droste 7 52 8.357 6.943 33 11
Ruud Luchtenveld 7 22 3.904 3.815 4 16
Wim Passtoors 7 65 4.972 5.019 41 38
Willie Swildens-Rozendaal 6 78 13.390 11.510 40 28
Johanneke Liemburg 6 107 14.797 13.228 64 37
Joop Atsma 6 13 2.037 1.778 3 3
Dick Benschop 6 49 14.051 17.340 0 56
Anne Lize van der Stoel 6 89 11.222 8.398 59 24
Ali Doelman-Pel 6 95 5.768 2.863 70 1
Theo Meijer 6 36 6.647 6.310 13 17
Marjet van Zuijlen 6 140 14.515 11.400 106 28
Gerda Verburg 6 51 5.912 3.611 45 2
Jan Dirk Blaauw 6 57 7.304 5.819 26 15
Bob van den Bos 6 29 3.066 3.299 7 13
Machteld Versnel-Schmitz 6 121 13.857 9.655 85 27
Joop Wijn 6 150 11.868 7.260 118 28
Khadija Arib 6 14 3.697 4.686 1 26
Michiel Patijn 6 111 17.865 19.827 33 85
Cees van der Knaap 6 116 12.447 11.921 68 59
Will. Verkerk 6 11 2.445 2.215 2 1
Wim van Gelder 6 118 19.498 15.510 80 33
Frans Timmermans 6 68 10.851 10.703 36 27
Henk de Haan 6 51 5.071 3.645 31 9
Frans Weekers 6 22 5.617 5.593 8 9
Jan Geluk 5 64 7.075 6.802 35 26
Liesbeth Aiking-van Wageningen 5 20 2.333 1.925 5 11
Hans Hillen 5 40 3.413 2.119 16 6
Guikje Roethof 5 119 15.532 11.665 90 30
Vincent van der Burg 5 50 14.547 9.740 18 26
Siem Buijs 5 38 5.679 4.075 31 2
Francisca Ravestein 5 20 3.331 2.979 14 3
Marten Beinema 5 7 3.120 3.093 1 3
Paul Wessels 5 26 6.033 5.412 17 5
Tonny van de Vondervoort 5 64 17.836 22.303 1 64
Anneke van Dok-van Weele 5 33 7.534 10.242 5 38
Wouter Bos 5 64 11.896 9.946 37 30
Willibrord van Beek 4 60 13.482 13.426 27 32
Marleen Barth 4 91 9.145 7.581 57 32
Thijs Udo 4 8 2.500 2.387 2 3
Theo Stroeken 4 44 7.758 6.682 29 14
Geert Wilders 4 46 10.946 8.994 27 15
Josephine Verspaget 4 69 6.456 5.487 30 33
Gijs de Vries 4 53 12.003 15.194 0 65
Geke Faber 4 69 9.599 13.570 0 89
Bert Koenders 4 123 17.502 15.104 58 76
Gert-Jan Oplaat 4 66 6.089 6.139 39 33
Jan Gmelich Meijling 4 4 755 755 0 0
Gerrit de Jong 4 25 3.781 3.924 10 10
Piet Blauw 4 65 4.625 2.984 43 11
Hubert Fermina 4 8 699 593 0 3
Bertus Leerkes 4 6 1.326 1.270 0 1
Hayo Apotheker 4 111 13.364 20.637 0 149
Aad Nuis 4 28 6.649 7.891 0 28
Jacques Niederer 3 6 2.088 2.234 1 4
Stef Blok 3 20 2.843 3.049 8 10
Willem Elsthout 3 7 1.911 1.722 4 1
Philippe Brood 3 20 5.430 4.693 11 6
Atzo Nicolaï 3 9 2.614 2.723 2 4
Enric Hessing 3 69 7.662 8.086 27 42
Willem Herrebrugh 3 10 2.743 2.504 3 4
Gerrit Valk 3 31 2.384 2.251 13 18
Willem Keur 3 31 2.637 2.645 9 17
Jet Bussemaker 3 5 1.973 1.964 2 4
Mariëtte Hamer 3 8 2.502 1.990 4 2
Els Meijer 3 16 2.429 2.051 10 3
Jan-Willem van Waning MA 3 39 5.993 3.389 33 6
Marijn de Koning 3 23 2.765 2.329 13 6
Piet Bukman 3 1.918 76.053 7.233 855 30
Mieke Sterk 3 11 1.157 1.738 0 11
Annelies Verstand-Bogaert 2 39 5.554 8.143 0 42
Fadime Örgü 2 2 1.269 1.282 0 1
Gerrit Schoenmakers 2 3 637 688 1 7
Klaasje Eisses-Timmerman 2 2 288 288 0 0
Usman Santi 2 16 3.443 3.424 8 9
Harm Evert Waalkens 2 25 3.661 2.956 20 5
Anneke Assen 2 36 5.104 5.602 16 20
Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot 2 2 258 286 0 1
Servaes Huys 2 4 683 612 2 0
Bob Heeringa 2 18 1.609 2.285 3 14
Camiel Eurlings 2 23 4.979 3.218 18 4
Jacques de Milliano MBA 1 6 585 239 0 1
Annet van der Hoek 1 1 151 151 0 0
Marian Soutendijk-van Appeldoorn 1 2 574 460 0 0
José Smits 1 1 53 53 0 0
Marry Visser-van Doorn 1 1 87 87 0 0
Wouter Gortzak 1 2 657 712 0 2
Gerrit Holdijk 1 1 1.114 1.114 0 0
Marie-Louise Tiesinga-Autsema 1 1 193 193 0 0
Laurette Spoelman 1 4 567 465 3 1
Wil Schuurman 1 1 566 566 0 0
Jos van Rey 1 3 2.336 2.151 0 0
Jan ten Hoopen 1 1 351 351 0 0
Desirée Duijkers 0 1 65 0 0 0
Annie Schreijer-Pierik 0 2 118 0 0 0
John Lilipaly 0 1 49 0 0 0
Marijke van Lente 0 44 900 0 41 0
René van der Linden 0 2 279 0 0 0
Frans Wolters 0 2 138 0 0 0
Henk Vos 0 4 175 0 0 0
Eisso Woltjer 0 2 21 0 0 0
0 14 1.583 0 5 0
Frits Korthals Altes 0 3 107 0 2 0

Overview of speeches in debates in commons in 1998 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

A speech is a continuous stream of words by one person. We count the number of speech elements in the transcripts. These include speeches by the chair, interruptions, answers to interruptions, and of course "real speeches" (in Dutch "betoog"). A speaker at the central lectern is either a member of parliament or a member of government.

Total number of times a speaker at the central lectern
4.298
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
41.382
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
10, 420, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
53, 737, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 1998-01-28; Rapport-Dolman; 737
  2. 1998-09-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 511
  3. 1998-10-07; Geluidszones Schiphol; 507
  4. 1998-09-17; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 490
  5. 1998-11-19; Verkeer en Waterstaat; 476
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 1998-11-19; 1135
  2. 1998-11-18; 993
  3. 1998-01-28; 842
  4. 1998-02-18; 814
  5. 1998-10-08; 781
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 1998-09-15; 6
  2. 1998-09-25; 10
  3. 1998-05-18; 14
  4. 1998-05-20; 18
  5. 1998-09-24; 25