Overview of debates in senate in 2001 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of days with plenary meeting
39
Number of topics discussed
272
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
7, 13, 4
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2001-10-02; 13
  2. 2001-01-23; 10
  3. 2001-10-30; 9
  4. 2001-12-17; 9
  5. 2001-07-10; 9
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2001-05-22; 4
  2. 2001-06-12; 5
  3. 2001-07-04; 5
  4. 2001-09-11; 5
  5. 2001-04-09; 5
Top 10 repeating topics in 2001 (topic; # times discussed)
Presentie 41
Diverse wetsvoorstellen 24
Stemmingen 12
Verzoekschriften 5
Benoeming van de burgemeester en de commissaris van de Koning 4
Europa 3
Euthanasie 3
Herindeling Den Haag en omgeving 3
Leden 3
Referendum 3
Number of topics per week in 2001 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the senate convened in 2001. )
  • 2001-01-16; 7
  • 2001-01-23; 10
  • 2001-01-30; 5
  • 2001-02-06; 8
  • 2001-02-13; 0
  • 2001-02-20; 8
  • 2001-02-27; 0
  • 2001-03-06; 7
  • 2001-03-13; 6
  • 2001-03-20; 5
  • 2001-03-27; 9
  • 2001-04-03; 10
  • 2001-04-10; 6
  • 2001-04-17; 0
  • 2001-04-24; 9
  • 2001-05-01; 0
  • 2001-05-08; 0
  • 2001-05-15; 7
  • 2001-05-22; 4
  • 2001-05-29; 6
  • 2001-06-05; 0
  • 2001-06-12; 5
  • 2001-06-19; 8
  • 2001-06-26; 15
  • 2001-07-03; 20
  • 2001-07-10; 9
  • 2001-07-17; 0
  • 2001-07-24; 0
  • 2001-07-31; 0
  • 2001-08-07; 0
  • 2001-08-14; 0
  • 2001-08-21; 0
  • 2001-08-28; 0
  • 2001-09-04; 0
  • 2001-09-11; 5
  • 2001-09-18; 0
  • 2001-09-25; 6
  • 2001-10-02; 13
  • 2001-10-09; 0
  • 2001-10-16; 9
  • 2001-10-23; 0
  • 2001-10-30; 9
  • 2001-11-06; 6
  • 2001-11-13; 7
  • 2001-11-20; 11
  • 2001-11-27; 6
  • 2001-12-04; 15
  • 2001-12-11; 14

Overview of the number of words in debates in senate in 2001 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
1.616.380
Total number of words in stage-directions
4.263
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
43.989, 87.903, 8.554
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
6.309, 67.556, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 2001-04-24; 87.903
  2. 2001-10-30; 79.764
  3. 2001-12-04; 76.848
  4. 2001-11-20; 69.158
  5. 2001-07-03; 66.415
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 2001-05-15; 8.554
  2. 2001-05-22; 10.900
  3. 2001-06-12; 11.514
  4. 2001-03-13; 13.053
  5. 2001-06-19; 19.205
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 2001-11-20; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 67.556
  2. 2001-01-30; Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; 50.556
  3. 2001-03-20; Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij; 47.502
  4. 2001-04-03; Verkeer en Waterstaat; 44.938
  5. 2001-04-09; Euthanasie; 41.712
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 2001-11-27; Presentie; 2
  2. 2001-04-10; Presentie; 2
  3. 2001-06-26; Presentie; 2
  4. 2001-04-10; Presentie; 9
  5. 2001-12-11; Presentie; 28
Number of words per week in 2001
  • 2001-01-16; 58.433
  • 2001-01-23; 39.338
  • 2001-01-30; 51.845
  • 2001-02-06; 64.436
  • 2001-02-13; 0
  • 2001-02-20; 46.739
  • 2001-02-27; 0
  • 2001-03-06; 51.860
  • 2001-03-13; 13.053
  • 2001-03-20; 49.297
  • 2001-03-27; 64.864
  • 2001-04-03; 89.088
  • 2001-04-10; 47.513
  • 2001-04-17; 0
  • 2001-04-24; 87.903
  • 2001-05-01; 0
  • 2001-05-08; 0
  • 2001-05-15; 8.554
  • 2001-05-22; 10.900
  • 2001-05-29; 20.320
  • 2001-06-05; 0
  • 2001-06-12; 11.514
  • 2001-06-19; 19.205
  • 2001-06-26; 83.491
  • 2001-07-03; 135.810
  • 2001-07-10; 39.816
  • 2001-07-17; 0
  • 2001-07-24; 0
  • 2001-07-31; 0
  • 2001-08-07; 0
  • 2001-08-14; 0
  • 2001-08-21; 0
  • 2001-08-28; 0
  • 2001-09-04; 0
  • 2001-09-11; 22.269
  • 2001-09-18; 0
  • 2001-09-25; 20.953
  • 2001-10-02; 35.944
  • 2001-10-09; 0
  • 2001-10-16; 33.392
  • 2001-10-23; 0
  • 2001-10-30; 79.764
  • 2001-11-06; 49.817
  • 2001-11-13; 44.407
  • 2001-11-20; 125.857
  • 2001-11-27; 55.352
  • 2001-12-04; 122.858
  • 2001-12-11; 89.880

Overview of speakers, scenes and speeches in debates in senate in 2001 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of distinct speakers
113
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. Gerrit Holdijk; 37
  2. Ruud Hessing; 24
  3. Leo Platvoet; 20
  4. Klaas de Vries; 20
  5. Benk Korthals; 20
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
Gerrit Holdijk 37 62 40.534 42.556 1 29
Ruud Hessing 24 63 35.706 35.219 24 18
Leo Platvoet 20 113 33.734 32.336 70 29
Klaas de Vries 20 206 95.722 106.251 39 189
Benk Korthals 20 93 39.719 48.587 2 116
Jan Terlouw 18 65 31.352 31.538 26 23
Rudy Rabbinge 18 74 27.474 23.903 53 5
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck 18 106 32.715 25.963 81 10
Kars Veling 17 67 23.902 20.963 45 6
Bob Ruers 16 50 23.706 23.213 16 20
Diana de Wolff 16 52 19.106 17.018 35 2
Jurn de Vries 15 36 20.688 22.686 7 23
Jos van Gennip 15 78 36.874 33.579 57 7
Rob van de Beeten 15 52 25.322 23.105 30 7
Jacob Kohnstamm 14 48 17.666 17.751 21 22
Cees van Bruchem 14 33 26.655 25.603 17 4
Cobi Schoondergang-Horikx 14 65 23.001 21.538 35 17
Erik Jurgens 14 144 32.057 27.564 90 40
Jozias van Aartsen 14 72 42.479 47.494 0 57
Hannie van Leeuwen 13 66 28.729 25.946 50 3
Eddy Schuyer 12 64 21.582 19.769 45 7
Uri Rosenthal 12 20 7.058 7.125 4 6
Fré le Poole 12 34 12.516 11.720 17 5
Willem Witteveen 11 16 15.405 14.940 5 0
Henk Hofstede 11 33 10.115 8.537 21 3
Elske ter Veld 11 34 20.389 20.460 14 14
Tom Pitstra 10 44 21.698 23.136 3 33
Ed van Thijn 10 82 14.017 13.765 50 24
Ria Jaarsma 10 39 11.230 11.611 8 23
Willem Vermeend 10 85 22.359 29.411 0 95
Alfons Dölle 9 112 20.487 18.636 65 44
Jan Pastoor 9 19 9.712 9.237 9 2
Jos van der Lans 9 53 15.038 13.853 33 11
Marten Bierman 9 34 10.807 9.929 19 13
Ing Yoe Tan 9 30 14.463 13.985 13 8
Wim de Boer 9 96 16.300 12.935 74 14
Jan van Heukelum 9 29 11.159 10.970 12 12
Marius Varekamp 8 26 12.320 10.901 16 2
Ans Zwerver MA 8 34 14.639 13.366 24 3
Hans Hoogervorst MA 8 53 18.117 21.639 0 57
Els Borst-Eilers 8 81 34.241 41.850 0 92
Johan Stekelenburg 8 40 16.134 14.177 26 8
Dick Benschop 8 26 17.144 18.706 0 21
Egbert Schuurman 8 69 21.699 18.058 48 20
Jan Pronk 8 51 29.535 32.599 0 50
Gert van den Berg 8 8 10.246 10.264 0 1
Loek Hermans 7 59 27.657 32.853 1 63
Peter Boorsma 6 105 28.234 23.482 70 20
Fransje Roscam Abbing-Bos 6 11 9.835 9.631 5 1
Ella Kalsbeek 6 12 9.560 10.196 0 10
Driek van Vugt 5 16 7.891 7.581 7 9
Wim Kok 5 95 31.472 37.061 0 106
Jaap Rensema 5 34 6.324 6.379 13 17
Gerrit Zalm 5 35 16.032 18.444 5 27
Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc 5 26 10.651 9.164 21 0
Joeke Baarda 5 8 3.021 3.130 1 2
Roger van Boxtel 5 24 14.538 15.751 0 22
Dick Dees 5 47 14.120 14.149 20 26
Paul Luijten 5 61 9.108 8.946 28 29
Paula Swenker 5 11 7.258 7.356 3 3
Liesbeth Kneppers-Heynert 5 18 4.667 4.884 6 7
Nicoline van den Broek-Laman Trip 4 34 8.829 8.815 11 17
Wim van Eekelen 4 40 11.494 10.059 24 18
Pol de Beer 4 14 4.008 3.773 7 5
Niek Ketting 4 13 2.727 2.695 6 3
René van der Linden 4 34 9.280 8.134 26 4
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst 4 32 19.020 21.260 0 29
Geke Faber 4 20 10.097 11.106 0 16
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink 4 25 16.770 17.783 3 19
Wolter Lemstra 4 4 2.473 2.473 0 0
Tineke Lodders-Elfferich 4 9 6.248 5.873 3 1
Gijs de Vries 4 15 10.497 11.081 0 12
Huib Eversdijk 4 14 6.235 5.549 10 0
Marbeth Bierman-Beukema toe Water 4 5 4.566 4.456 1 1
Cobi de Blécourt-Maas 4 7 3.953 4.280 0 5
Heleen Dupuis 4 11 4.129 4.084 5 3
Leendert Ginjaar 4 8 6.962 7.132 2 2
Jannie van den Hul-Omta 4 14 7.024 5.748 10 1
Kobus Walsma 4 16 6.204 6.188 9 4
Bob van Schijndel 3 17 7.890 7.759 10 5
Gerrit Ybema 3 8 8.063 8.431 0 6
Henk Woldring 3 5 2.152 2.026 2 0
Karin Adelmund 3 16 11.211 12.500 0 18
Thijs Wöltgens 3 27 7.923 6.827 17 8
Willem Stevens 3 9 8.782 8.874 3 6
Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt 2 7 573 454 5 0
Eveline Herfkens 2 9 9.665 10.155 0 7
Rick van der Ploeg 2 14 9.663 10.445 0 12
Frank de Grave 2 9 5.931 6.227 0 4
Johan Remkes 2 27 6.244 8.037 0 28
Henk van Hoof 2 4 4.326 4.975 0 8
Annelies Verstand-Bogaert 2 20 5.182 7.103 0 21
Margriet Meindertsma 2 11 3.403 2.903 7 2
Dik Wolfson 2 6 4.005 3.735 2 2
Ankie Broekers-Knol 2 2 2.628 2.933 0 1
Ad de Jager 2 2 2.226 2.226 0 0
Monique de Vries 2 4 6.552 6.780 0 3
Tineke Netelenbos 2 20 11.462 13.062 0 21
Frits Castricum 2 5 3.622 3.482 3 0
Wouter Bos 2 19 11.915 12.908 1 17
Eimert van Middelkoop 1 1 701 701 0 0
Gerrit Braks 1 200 14.352 230 146 2
Ad Melkert 1 1 1.046 1.046 0 0
Hans Dijkstal 1 1 613 613 0 0
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven 1 1 1.415 1.416 0 0
Margo Vliegenthart 1 1 3.955 4.068 0 1
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 1 1 1.859 1.859 0 0
Frits Korthals Altes 1 249 23.928 6.775 151 0
Ton Doesburg 1 3 3.051 3.035 1 1
Peter Rehwinkel 1 1 448 448 0 0
Jan te Veldhuis 1 1 918 918 0 0
Olga Scheltema-de Nie 1 1 564 564 0 0
Paul Rosenmöller 1 1 1.273 1.273 0 0

Overview of speeches in debates in senate in 2001 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
981
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
4.355
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
4, 127, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
31, 291, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 2001-11-20; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 291
  2. 2001-04-24; Onderwijs en Hoger Onderwijs; 133
  3. 2001-11-06; Positie Eerste Kamer; 132
  4. 2001-04-10; Euthanasie; 114
  5. 2001-07-03; Benoeming van de burgemeester en de commissaris van de Koning; 113
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2001-11-20; 293
  2. 2001-07-03; 240
  3. 2001-07-04; 223
  4. 2001-04-24; 195
  5. 2001-12-04; 182
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2001-05-15; 12
  2. 2001-09-25; 21
  3. 2001-06-19; 22
  4. 2001-05-22; 30
  5. 2001-06-12; 44