Overview of debates in commons in 2003 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of days with plenary meeting
94
Number of topics discussed
954
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
10, 61, 2
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2003-12-18; 61
  2. 2003-06-26; 59
  3. 2003-04-24; 24
  4. 2003-12-02; 23
  5. 2003-12-16; 22
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2003-04-14; 2
  2. 2003-02-13; 3
  3. 2003-05-14; 3
  4. 2003-09-16; 3
  5. 2003-03-26; 3
Top 10 repeating topics in 2003 (topic; # times discussed)
Stemmingen 248
Presentie 94
Regeling van werkzaamheden 92
Vragenuur 60
Diverse wetsvoorstellen 14
Irak 8
Suppletoire begrotingen 8
Enquête bouwnijverheid 6
Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer 6
Srebrenica 5
Number of topics per week in 2003 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the commons convened in 2003. )
  • 2003-01-29; 11
  • 2003-02-05; 22
  • 2003-02-12; 15
  • 2003-02-19; 24
  • 2003-02-26; 0
  • 2003-03-05; 0
  • 2003-03-12; 23
  • 2003-03-19; 19
  • 2003-03-26; 21
  • 2003-04-02; 12
  • 2003-04-09; 33
  • 2003-04-16; 12
  • 2003-04-23; 33
  • 2003-04-30; 0
  • 2003-05-07; 9
  • 2003-05-14; 23
  • 2003-05-21; 24
  • 2003-05-28; 7
  • 2003-06-04; 10
  • 2003-06-11; 25
  • 2003-06-18; 28
  • 2003-06-25; 70
  • 2003-07-02; 0
  • 2003-07-09; 0
  • 2003-07-16; 0
  • 2003-07-23; 0
  • 2003-07-30; 0
  • 2003-08-06; 0
  • 2003-08-13; 0
  • 2003-08-20; 8
  • 2003-08-27; 25
  • 2003-09-03; 19
  • 2003-09-10; 17
  • 2003-09-17; 21
  • 2003-09-24; 21
  • 2003-10-01; 28
  • 2003-10-08; 21
  • 2003-10-15; 13
  • 2003-10-22; 23
  • 2003-10-29; 34
  • 2003-11-05; 31
  • 2003-11-12; 50
  • 2003-11-19; 44
  • 2003-11-26; 36
  • 2003-12-03; 32
  • 2003-12-10; 43
  • 2003-12-17; 67

Overview of the number of words in debates in commons in 2003 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
4.515.386
Total number of words in stage-directions
129.575
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
53.415, 113.479, 825
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
5.265, 70.697, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 2003-12-17; 113.479
  2. 2003-11-05; 105.236
  3. 2003-10-29; 101.518
  4. 2003-11-06; 98.637
  5. 2003-10-01; 98.335
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 2003-02-13; 825
  2. 2003-03-26; 899
  3. 2003-09-16; 1.174
  4. 2003-05-14; 1.537
  5. 2003-04-03; 2.235
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 2003-08-26; Wet werk en bijstand; 70.697
  2. 2003-12-17; Buitenlandse Zaken; 67.605
  3. 2003-03-12; H.K.H. prinses Margarita; 58.295
  4. 2003-10-29; Justitie; 56.634
  5. 2003-09-18; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 56.196
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 2003-08-26; Presentie; 2
  2. 2003-06-12; Presentie; 2
  3. 2003-02-06; Presentie; 15
  4. 2003-11-26; Regeling van werkzaamheden; 18
  5. 2003-11-18; Structuurschema burgerluchtvaartterreinen; 24
Number of words per week in 2003
  • 2003-01-29; 55.750
  • 2003-02-05; 73.444
  • 2003-02-12; 85.406
  • 2003-02-19; 70.836
  • 2003-02-26; 0
  • 2003-03-05; 0
  • 2003-03-12; 152.795
  • 2003-03-19; 140.077
  • 2003-03-26; 49.107
  • 2003-04-02; 31.116
  • 2003-04-09; 153.798
  • 2003-04-16; 123.355
  • 2003-04-23; 100.753
  • 2003-04-30; 0
  • 2003-05-07; 23.477
  • 2003-05-14; 77.217
  • 2003-05-21; 71.403
  • 2003-05-28; 49.658
  • 2003-06-04; 67.524
  • 2003-06-11; 181.408
  • 2003-06-18; 201.015
  • 2003-06-25; 151.549
  • 2003-07-02; 0
  • 2003-07-09; 0
  • 2003-07-16; 0
  • 2003-07-23; 0
  • 2003-07-30; 0
  • 2003-08-06; 0
  • 2003-08-13; 0
  • 2003-08-20; 89.340
  • 2003-08-27; 171.824
  • 2003-09-03; 89.041
  • 2003-09-10; 55.455
  • 2003-09-17; 187.368
  • 2003-09-24; 114.435
  • 2003-10-01; 196.059
  • 2003-10-08; 177.362
  • 2003-10-15; 61.767
  • 2003-10-22; 203.305
  • 2003-10-29; 229.525
  • 2003-11-05; 254.626
  • 2003-11-12; 256.133
  • 2003-11-19; 226.402
  • 2003-11-26; 200.687
  • 2003-12-03; 193.594
  • 2003-12-10; 243.078
  • 2003-12-17; 211.337

Overview of speakers, scenes and speeches in debates in commons in 2003 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of distinct speakers
180
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. André Rouvoet; 73
  2. Bas van der Vlies; 72
  3. Kees van der Staaij; 67
  4. Kees Vendrik; 52
  5. Piet Hein Donner; 52
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
André Rouvoet 73 721 139.413 96.744 511 132
Bas van der Vlies 72 483 93.495 78.184 300 145
Kees van der Staaij 67 438 81.099 69.578 276 94
Kees Vendrik 52 788 116.626 79.405 581 207
Piet Hein Donner 52 826 147.522 199.891 32 906
Jan Peter Balkenende 43 1.061 191.700 267.143 29 1.135
Bert Bakker 43 558 93.155 99.031 245 311
Agnes Kant 41 559 67.107 37.880 431 80
Mat Herben 40 259 54.363 48.032 128 104
Marijke Vos 39 629 92.649 70.062 420 155
Aart Jan de Geus 39 688 111.470 166.014 2 825
Harry van Bommel 38 443 70.326 60.733 251 175
Arie Slob 38 361 58.491 44.455 248 70
Jan de Wit 38 506 58.161 37.480 379 86
Boris Dittrich 37 704 77.820 67.436 413 257
Tineke Huizinga-Heringa 35 184 32.542 27.581 112 40
Farah Karimi 33 509 47.950 35.960 347 124
Jet Bussemaker 32 453 52.912 28.987 376 41
Boris van der Ham 32 391 36.308 34.013 204 200
Lousewies van der Laan 30 274 37.509 28.580 169 104
Ineke van Gent 30 464 58.171 38.141 350 108
Johan Remkes 29 373 47.016 70.820 8 408
Henk Kamp 27 360 94.939 120.382 3 424
Hans Hoogervorst MA 27 372 40.209 68.122 14 428
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 27 328 71.911 93.762 1 343
Wijnand Duyvendak 25 410 42.958 26.013 300 82
Joop Wijn 24 269 50.735 70.852 1 322
Clémence Ross-van Dorp 24 231 51.598 72.593 8 292
Evelien Tonkens 23 254 24.395 16.244 180 61
Gerard van As 23 143 19.694 19.952 61 93
Gerrit Zalm 22 460 68.172 86.777 72 403
Rita Verdonk 22 203 33.242 51.366 0 293
Saskia Noorman-den Uyl 22 498 65.488 44.437 358 135
Mark Rutte 21 493 87.161 125.996 3 615
Geert Wilders 21 237 50.910 50.171 83 136
Joost Eerdmans 20 300 24.880 17.518 200 68
Bert Koenders 19 346 48.659 31.428 236 94
Fenna Vergeer-Mudde 19 271 26.461 18.002 190 86
Camiel Eurlings 19 240 52.113 55.620 74 154
Femke Halsema 18 640 62.120 33.063 490 84
Francine Giskes 18 311 36.059 25.864 252 35
Frans Timmermans 18 338 35.061 29.454 206 138
Thom de Graaf 17 331 65.303 69.782 131 240
Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok 16 147 15.489 17.680 51 90
Hilbrand Nawijn 16 145 16.210 18.152 42 86
Jozias van Aartsen 16 251 36.194 41.834 74 188
Joop Atsma 16 211 26.674 24.171 109 87
Piet de Ruiter 16 121 12.694 8.925 81 25
Atzo Nicolaï 15 115 23.741 31.172 0 135
Arda Gerkens 15 133 14.990 10.391 96 31
Ursie Lambrechts 15 227 26.006 19.130 154 85
Maria van der Hoeven 15 291 53.600 74.850 4 348
Gerda Verburg 15 1.063 57.227 34.672 742 181
Wouter Bos 15 594 60.664 50.092 368 255
Pieter van Geel 14 123 26.733 34.642 0 161
Wien van den Brink 14 105 11.982 9.639 68 32
Stef Blok 14 146 14.543 13.964 73 63
Frans Weekers 14 223 39.223 44.560 57 186
Joao Varela 13 98 11.830 13.010 28 63
Willibrord van Beek 13 74 12.985 11.492 40 25
Hans van Baalen 13 173 18.030 17.739 82 86
Jan de Vries 13 273 30.821 29.982 132 139
Staf Depla 13 259 35.383 29.004 173 78
Maxime Verhagen 12 317 34.552 44.988 96 276
Krista van Velzen 12 148 17.332 11.570 103 41
Jan Marijnissen 12 383 49.258 24.646 306 54
Pieter Hofstra 11 179 26.960 26.895 72 103
Diederik Samsom 11 123 15.514 11.498 73 36
Laetitia Griffith 11 128 12.091 9.017 73 45
Arno Visser 11 119 16.641 17.356 41 69
Jeroen Dijsselbloem 11 157 15.669 10.854 111 33
Siem Buijs 11 166 17.365 18.193 63 104
Cees Veerman 11 238 36.584 50.674 6 267
Margot Kraneveldt-van der Veen 11 116 14.314 8.641 86 27
Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus 11 86 19.044 26.811 3 120
Nebahat Albayrak 11 172 29.271 25.299 89 71
Liesbeth Spies 11 179 16.975 18.322 80 97
Charlie Aptroot 11 110 15.476 12.974 63 37
Max Hermans 10 63 10.452 10.182 29 30
Harm Evert Waalkens 10 97 8.484 7.625 56 38
Ella Kalsbeek 10 245 27.177 17.044 200 29
Martijn van Dam 10 159 19.612 16.179 99 58
Ferd Crone 10 323 35.062 23.182 218 95
Frank de Grave 10 235 28.732 29.994 96 130
Mariëtte Hamer 10 297 20.076 13.978 219 66
Jan Geluk 9 52 6.969 6.315 25 27
Jan Jacob van Dijk 9 122 16.511 17.132 47 75
Roelf de Boer 9 65 13.857 17.404 7 72
Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven 9 129 27.601 36.028 6 144
Karla Peijs 9 164 23.616 33.645 0 196
Antoinette Vietsch 9 80 11.120 12.981 36 88
Henk Jan Ormel 9 64 7.419 6.716 35 28
Wim van Fessem 8 95 8.566 9.899 33 51
Annette Nijs MBA 8 136 22.770 33.966 1 158
Kris Douma 8 44 8.853 7.510 26 18
Jan Boelhouwer 8 82 9.071 9.003 46 31
Frans de Nerée tot Babberich 8 208 19.881 26.451 61 160
Karien van Gennip MBA 8 80 14.021 18.927 0 90
Medy van der Laan 8 71 8.644 20.641 0 120
Khadija Arib 8 52 5.990 3.844 33 13
Peter van Heemst 8 117 10.097 5.912 78 9
Klaas de Vries 8 73 9.434 8.278 29 36
Cisca Joldersma 7 118 14.737 13.660 59 59
Ruud Luchtenveld 7 85 11.764 11.849 38 47
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst 7 146 33.183 42.573 8 156
José Smits 7 137 12.641 7.072 109 24
Sybrand van Haersma Buma 7 109 13.628 14.404 38 64
Frank Heemskerk 7 70 8.161 6.465 42 28
Aleid Wolfsen 6 135 14.131 11.174 94 43
Bas Jan van Bochove 6 78 9.315 12.724 14 69
Clemens Cornielje 6 368 15.688 6.629 312 31
Frans Weisglas 6 4.167 178.568 16.956 2.090 56
Ger Koopmans 6 95 7.008 6.022 54 41
Marleen de Pater-van der Meer 6 158 12.218 10.733 89 58
Hubert Bruls 6 135 24.389 27.165 66 144
Theo Rietkerk 5 31 4.213 4.555 9 17
Eric Balemans 5 119 11.654 13.389 51 74
Ineke Dezentjé Hamming 5 33 3.456 3.766 13 15
Zsolt Szabó 5 14 2.649 2.106 9 1
Sybilla Dekker 5 121 13.886 21.765 0 135
Annie Schreijer-Pierik 5 71 6.620 6.082 36 33
Edith Schippers 5 62 7.766 8.184 21 45
Sharon Dijksma 5 160 17.488 20.284 37 106
Erica Terpstra 5 152 8.824 5.089 113 20
Bibi de Vries 5 93 7.910 6.264 48 27
Gert-Jan Oplaat 5 107 7.463 7.496 63 46
Maarten Haverkamp 5 19 3.121 3.310 5 10
Anja Timmer 5 61 6.695 4.363 45 14
Aart Mosterd 5 67 7.444 9.548 17 51
Paul de Krom 5 55 5.768 6.246 27 30
Ben Bot 5 100 19.592 26.885 0 110
Godelieve van Heteren 5 48 8.017 5.886 33 9
Margreeth Smilde 4 19 2.604 2.937 4 10
Co Verdaas 4 48 5.190 4.719 23 28
Niesco Dubbelboer 4 112 11.197 9.316 69 48
Roland Kortenhorst 4 21 2.468 3.182 1 23
Mirjam Sterk 4 39 4.264 4.222 15 23
Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff 4 46 4.689 4.440 20 26
Erik van Lith 4 35 4.566 4.113 13 21
Anouchka van Miltenburg 4 62 7.597 6.617 35 31
Ayaan Hirsi Ali 3 60 4.928 5.743 24 49
Thea Fierens 3 9 1.811 1.485 6 1
Rikus Jager 3 34 5.088 5.519 13 20
John Leerdam MFA 3 39 4.000 3.216 34 5
Rendert Algra 3 16 2.413 2.094 11 10
Gert van den Berg 2 3 1.566 1.466 1 0
Ine Aasted-Madsen-van Stiphout 2 14 1.771 1.268 11 3
Arie van den Brand 2 58 4.261 2.018 47 12
Pieter Omtzigt 2 5 1.716 1.703 2 3
Joanneke Kruijsen 2 15 2.312 2.122 9 5
Jan ten Hoopen 2 71 5.149 4.915 49 18
Varina Tjon-A-Ten 2 14 2.401 2.057 11 4
Myra Koomen 2 2 432 469 0 1
Jacques Tichelaar 2 52 4.798 3.445 34 24
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven 2 36 3.553 1.771 18 2
Niny van Oerle-van der Horst 2 20 1.676 2.330 3 15
Cees van Leeuwen 2 15 2.441 3.460 0 16
Kathleen Ferrier 2 39 4.174 4.202 17 22
Cees van der Knaap 2 25 4.489 5.939 0 29
Jan Odink 2 12 882 1.279 0 13
Jan Rijpstra 2 36 3.013 1.655 25 1
Angelien Eijsink 2 16 2.800 2.412 11 5
Phoa 1 13 1.609 2.622 0 17
Theo Meijer 1 14 1.967 1.232 7 2
Jos Hessels 1 3 422 241 1 1
Theo Brinkel 1 6 419 662 3 7
Nirmala Rambocus 1 3 547 401 2 0
Wim van de Camp 1 58 2.601 587 40 3
Coskun Çörüz 1 17 2.494 1.952 9 7
Fadime Örgü 1 17 1.784 2.690 2 19
Jan Dirk Blaauw 1 1 984 1.153 0 1
Gerdi Verbeet 1 6 508 339 4 2
Henk de Haan 1 21 2.321 1.687 1 8
Nihat Eski 1 3 934 778 2 0
Pauline Smeets 1 1 873 932 0 1
Eddy van Hijum 0 1 39 0 1 0
Jan te Veldhuis 0 1 3.548 0 0 0
Jan Mastwijk 0 2 144 0 0 0
Luuk Blom 0 10 663 0 4 0
Hannie Stuurman 0 2 103 0 2 0

Overview of speeches in debates in commons in 2003 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
2.974
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
37.485
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
13, 381, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
52, 546, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 2003-03-12; H.K.H. prinses Margarita; 546
  2. 2003-12-17; Buitenlandse Zaken; 543
  3. 2003-05-20; Eindrapport informatie; 510
  4. 2003-10-09; BZK/Gemeentefonds/Provinciefonds; 481
  5. 2003-10-29; Justitie; 468
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2003-11-13; 874
  2. 2003-11-06; 843
  3. 2003-11-05; 829
  4. 2003-12-17; 804
  5. 2003-12-18; 798
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2003-09-16; 7
  2. 2003-03-26; 8
  3. 2003-02-13; 9
  4. 2003-05-14; 16
  5. 2003-04-03; 19