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

Number of days with plenary meeting
29
Number of topics discussed
205
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
7, 18, 4
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2003-12-16; 18
  2. 2003-07-01; 11
  3. 2003-10-28; 9
  4. 2003-04-15; 9
  5. 2003-05-06; 9
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2003-09-02; 4
  2. 2003-12-08; 4
  3. 2003-04-08; 5
  4. 2003-05-27; 5
  5. 2003-06-02; 5
Top 10 repeating topics in 2003 (topic; # times discussed)
Presentie 29
Diverse wetsvoorstellen 16
Stemmingen 16
Bevrijdende verjaring 6
Verzoekschriften 4
"1 december"-wetten SZW 3
IGC 3
Verkiezing voorzitter 3
Aanneming van werk 2
Belastingplan 2004 c.a. 2
Number of topics per week in 2003 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the senate convened in 2003. )
  • 2003-01-14; 5
  • 2003-01-21; 7
  • 2003-01-28; 0
  • 2003-02-04; 6
  • 2003-02-11; 0
  • 2003-02-18; 0
  • 2003-02-25; 0
  • 2003-03-04; 0
  • 2003-03-11; 0
  • 2003-03-18; 0
  • 2003-03-25; 0
  • 2003-04-01; 6
  • 2003-04-08; 5
  • 2003-04-15; 9
  • 2003-04-22; 0
  • 2003-04-29; 0
  • 2003-05-06; 9
  • 2003-05-13; 0
  • 2003-05-20; 7
  • 2003-05-27; 10
  • 2003-06-03; 6
  • 2003-06-10; 6
  • 2003-06-17; 8
  • 2003-06-24; 7
  • 2003-07-01; 11
  • 2003-07-08; 0
  • 2003-07-15; 0
  • 2003-07-22; 0
  • 2003-07-29; 0
  • 2003-08-05; 0
  • 2003-08-12; 0
  • 2003-08-19; 0
  • 2003-08-26; 0
  • 2003-09-02; 4
  • 2003-09-09; 0
  • 2003-09-16; 0
  • 2003-09-23; 0
  • 2003-09-30; 6
  • 2003-10-07; 6
  • 2003-10-14; 0
  • 2003-10-21; 7
  • 2003-10-28; 9
  • 2003-11-04; 8
  • 2003-11-11; 5
  • 2003-11-18; 8
  • 2003-11-25; 6
  • 2003-12-02; 13
  • 2003-12-09; 13

Overview of the number of words in debates in senate 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
926.959
Total number of words in stage-directions
4.167
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
35.402, 79.945, 5.616
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
5.010, 70.574, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 2003-10-21; 79.945
  2. 2003-10-07; 79.082
  3. 2003-11-04; 69.400
  4. 2003-12-09; 66.900
  5. 2003-11-11; 65.003
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 2003-06-10; 5.616
  2. 2003-05-27; 7.290
  3. 2003-09-30; 8.098
  4. 2003-02-04; 9.730
  5. 2003-11-25; 10.171
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 2003-10-21; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 70.574
  2. 2003-11-11; Algemene financiële beschouwingen; 55.626
  3. 2003-10-07; Wet werk en bijstand; 47.392
  4. 2003-12-09; Belastingplan 2004 c.a.; 38.281
  5. 2003-01-14; Dualisering provinciebestuur; 35.827
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 2003-10-21; Presentie; 2
  2. 2003-11-25; Presentie; 2
  3. 2003-06-03; Presentie; 23
  4. 2003-12-16; Stemmingen; 28
  5. 2003-12-16; Stemmingen; 30
Number of words per week in 2003
  • 2003-01-14; 39.014
  • 2003-01-21; 35.369
  • 2003-01-28; 0
  • 2003-02-04; 9.730
  • 2003-02-11; 0
  • 2003-02-18; 0
  • 2003-02-25; 0
  • 2003-03-04; 0
  • 2003-03-11; 0
  • 2003-03-18; 0
  • 2003-03-25; 0
  • 2003-04-01; 32.996
  • 2003-04-08; 21.298
  • 2003-04-15; 47.595
  • 2003-04-22; 0
  • 2003-04-29; 0
  • 2003-05-06; 23.321
  • 2003-05-13; 0
  • 2003-05-20; 36.465
  • 2003-05-27; 27.345
  • 2003-06-03; 40.899
  • 2003-06-10; 5.616
  • 2003-06-17; 35.884
  • 2003-06-24; 10.362
  • 2003-07-01; 48.058
  • 2003-07-08; 0
  • 2003-07-15; 0
  • 2003-07-22; 0
  • 2003-07-29; 0
  • 2003-08-05; 0
  • 2003-08-12; 0
  • 2003-08-19; 0
  • 2003-08-26; 0
  • 2003-09-02; 13.891
  • 2003-09-09; 0
  • 2003-09-16; 0
  • 2003-09-23; 0
  • 2003-09-30; 8.098
  • 2003-10-07; 79.082
  • 2003-10-14; 0
  • 2003-10-21; 79.945
  • 2003-10-28; 26.732
  • 2003-11-04; 69.400
  • 2003-11-11; 65.003
  • 2003-11-18; 24.445
  • 2003-11-25; 10.171
  • 2003-12-02; 71.186
  • 2003-12-09; 102.415

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

Number of distinct speakers
103
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. Tiny Kox; 30
  2. Leo Platvoet; 24
  3. Gerrit Holdijk; 21
  4. Piet Hein Donner; 20
  5. Gert van den Berg; 16
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
Tiny Kox 30 208 37.862 29.623 149 38
Leo Platvoet 24 208 38.271 30.192 169 18
Gerrit Holdijk 21 26 19.219 19.347 2 7
Piet Hein Donner 20 103 43.613 52.269 0 116
Gert van den Berg 16 22 17.472 17.137 5 1
Erik Jurgens 15 82 21.453 19.095 49 24
Ankie Broekers-Knol 14 33 10.903 10.633 15 9
Willem Witteveen 14 26 13.243 12.849 9 3
Eimert van Middelkoop 13 57 18.346 18.897 25 30
Eddy Schuyer 13 62 17.108 16.464 27 29
Rob van de Beeten 12 37 20.510 18.639 21 6
Jacob Kohnstamm 12 54 10.709 9.285 29 19
Uri Rosenthal 12 43 12.441 10.656 27 6
Diana de Wolff 12 49 9.861 8.566 30 9
Ronald van Raak 12 121 19.948 14.237 88 23
Jan Terlouw 10 24 13.127 12.740 11 4
Mirjam de Rijk 9 97 14.858 11.441 81 18
René van der Linden 9 89 13.531 12.462 44 44
Hannie van Leeuwen 8 68 24.711 22.358 42 20
Willem Hoekzema 8 37 5.750 6.791 9 23
Johan Remkes 8 61 16.277 20.388 1 59
Simon van Driel 8 104 15.578 12.047 86 22
Jos van der Lans 8 55 18.949 15.401 45 1
Anja Meulenbelt 7 28 9.267 10.917 16 14
Henk ten Hoeve 7 18 8.075 8.009 6 8
Rudy Rabbinge 7 46 11.398 8.739 33 8
Jan Peter Balkenende 7 87 34.605 44.286 1 111
Joop Wijn 7 110 29.607 37.256 2 109
Ing Yoe Tan 7 21 6.020 4.770 13 0
Sam Pormes 6 42 8.374 6.758 32 5
Marten Bierman 6 17 6.891 5.802 11 1
Atzo Nicolaï 6 43 11.348 14.739 0 57
Marijke Linthorst 6 30 9.025 7.952 20 5
Ger Biermans 6 31 10.540 11.953 8 19
Peter Essers 5 49 12.958 13.291 19 31
Roelf de Boer 5 45 21.879 27.037 0 53
Mark Rutte 5 105 32.231 40.704 0 133
Bert Middel 5 16 5.049 5.664 4 12
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck 5 319 27.245 7.753 226 11
Niek Ketting 4 13 4.269 3.518 9 1
Jan van Heukelum 4 8 3.870 3.591 4 0
Gerard Schouw 4 20 5.753 5.337 14 4
Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc 4 9 4.853 4.753 3 2
Gerrit Zalm 4 82 18.568 23.685 1 91
Huub Doek 4 5 1.224 1.417 1 2
Alfons Dölle 4 13 6.542 6.045 6 3
Margriet Meindertsma 4 14 4.759 3.974 10 0
Maria van der Hoeven 4 24 6.573 8.021 0 22
Paula Swenker 4 9 4.127 3.828 4 1
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst 4 47 17.301 21.019 1 50
Henk Kamp 4 23 8.768 10.857 0 30
Huib Eversdijk 4 6 4.943 5.022 1 2
Marbeth Bierman-Beukema toe Water 4 18 3.620 3.046 10 0
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 4 39 10.471 12.939 0 36
Alis Koekkoek 4 14 3.932 4.371 5 6
Mies Westerveld 4 21 9.251 8.385 16 4
Aart Jan de Geus 4 49 12.202 17.359 0 64
Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt 3 6 1.369 1.326 3 1
Joyce Sylvester 3 6 1.731 1.727 3 1
Heleen Dupuis 3 6 919 595 3 0
Wim van Eekelen 3 13 1.924 2.046 3 3
Egbert Schuurman 3 35 5.053 3.318 17 7
Nicoline van den Broek-Laman Trip 3 8 957 2.389 1 20
Johan Stekelenburg 3 8 1.048 719 3 1
Dick Dees 2 4 2.172 2.073 1 1
Thom de Graaf 2 14 5.647 5.435 1 11
Rita Verdonk 2 8 1.801 2.455 0 9
Elsabe Kalsbeek-Schimmelpenninck van der Oije 2 5 2.903 2.986 3 2
Gerrit Terpstra 2 12 5.352 5.961 2 9
Sybilla Dekker 2 18 3.795 5.542 0 27
Thea van Dalen-Schiphorst 2 9 1.276 1.846 0 10
Ed Wagemakers 2 2 3.014 3.014 0 0
Ab Klink 2 2 1.060 1.192 0 1
Paul Luijten 2 4 2.440 2.639 2 1
Rob Hessing 2 3 2.458 2.722 0 2
Elske ter Veld 2 4 3.032 2.912 1 0
Bob van Schijndel 2 15 4.001 3.261 13 0
Ruud Hessing 2 2 2.305 2.317 0 0
Clémence Ross-van Dorp 2 22 10.346 11.692 0 23
Bob Ruers 2 2 11.206 11.254 0 1
Dik Wolfson 2 5 3.380 3.491 2 1
Tineke Lodders-Elfferich 2 4 1.350 1.269 2 0
Frits Castricum 2 3 1.913 1.927 0 1
Driek van Vugt 2 5 3.373 2.817 3 1
Ton Doesburg 2 4 2.115 2.213 0 2
Ben Bot 2 11 5.603 6.046 0 9
Cobi de Blécourt-Maas 2 2 1.519 1.531 0 0
Jos Werner 2 31 8.014 8.200 10 19
Fré le Poole 2 7 2.409 2.036 5 0
Henk Hofstede 2 5 2.068 1.842 2 1
Jos van Gennip 1 8 2.322 1.848 7 0
Jaap Rensema 1 3 228 233 1 1
Pieter van Geel 1 1 1.227 1.252 0 1
Medy van der Laan 1 6 1.092 1.532 0 6
Leendert Ginjaar 1 1 1.539 1.581 0 1
Wolter Lemstra 0 1 70 0 0 0
Henk Woldring 0 1 90 0 1 0
0 19 964 0 14 0
Gerrit Braks 0 100 11.374 0 50 0
Peter Boorsma 0 1 355 0 0 0
Jan Pastoor 0 3 237 0 2 0
Wim de Boer 0 2 645 0 1 0
Karla Peijs 0 1 6 0 1 0

Overview of speeches in debates in senate 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
671
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
3.520
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
5, 156, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
36, 285, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 2003-10-07; Wet werk en bijstand; 285
  2. 2003-11-11; Algemene financiële beschouwingen; 277
  3. 2003-10-21; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 259
  4. 2003-12-09; Belastingplan 2004 c.a.; 214
  5. 2003-11-04; IGC; 161
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2003-10-07; 324
  2. 2003-11-04; 307
  3. 2003-11-11; 280
  4. 2003-12-16; 268
  5. 2003-10-21; 262
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2003-09-30; 14
  2. 2003-04-08; 15
  3. 2003-11-25; 19
  4. 2003-06-02; 20
  5. 2003-02-04; 31