Overview of debates in senate in 2007 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of days with plenary meeting
40
Number of topics discussed
306
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
8, 19, 4
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2007-12-18; 19
  2. 2007-07-10; 16
  3. 2007-05-22; 14
  4. 2007-11-13; 11
  5. 2007-07-03; 11
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2007-01-16; 4
  2. 2007-07-02; 4
  3. 2007-10-02; 4
  4. 2007-01-30; 4
  5. 2007-06-12; 5
Top 10 repeating topics in 2007 (topic; # times discussed)
Presentie 40
Hamerstukken 26
Stemmingen 22
Hamerstuk 6
Leden 5
Verzoekschriften 4
Algemene financiële beschouwingen 3
Belastingplan 2008 3
Bestuurlijke boete fout parkeren/Bestuurlijke boete overlast openbare ruimte 3
Constitutionele bepalingen 3
Number of topics per week in 2007 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the senate convened in 2007. )
  • 2007-01-16; 4
  • 2007-01-23; 5
  • 2007-01-30; 4
  • 2007-02-06; 7
  • 2007-02-13; 10
  • 2007-02-20; 0
  • 2007-02-27; 8
  • 2007-03-06; 7
  • 2007-03-13; 9
  • 2007-03-20; 5
  • 2007-03-27; 5
  • 2007-04-03; 11
  • 2007-04-10; 0
  • 2007-04-17; 5
  • 2007-04-24; 6
  • 2007-05-01; 0
  • 2007-05-08; 6
  • 2007-05-15; 11
  • 2007-05-22; 14
  • 2007-05-29; 0
  • 2007-06-05; 8
  • 2007-06-12; 5
  • 2007-06-19; 8
  • 2007-06-26; 10
  • 2007-07-03; 16
  • 2007-07-10; 16
  • 2007-07-17; 0
  • 2007-07-24; 0
  • 2007-07-31; 0
  • 2007-08-07; 0
  • 2007-08-14; 0
  • 2007-08-21; 0
  • 2007-08-28; 0
  • 2007-09-04; 0
  • 2007-09-11; 6
  • 2007-09-18; 0
  • 2007-09-25; 10
  • 2007-10-02; 4
  • 2007-10-09; 6
  • 2007-10-16; 7
  • 2007-10-23; 0
  • 2007-10-30; 6
  • 2007-11-06; 6
  • 2007-11-13; 11
  • 2007-11-20; 10
  • 2007-11-27; 6
  • 2007-12-04; 20
  • 2007-12-11; 15

Overview of the number of words in debates in senate in 2007 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
1.199.143
Total number of words in stage-directions
4.806
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
32.352, 93.692, 1.705
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
4.231, 45.379, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 2007-12-18; 93.692
  2. 2007-10-16; 92.533
  3. 2007-12-11; 84.263
  4. 2007-03-13; 77.456
  5. 2007-07-10; 77.189
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 2007-01-30; 1.705
  2. 2007-10-09; 1.899
  3. 2007-06-26; 1.944
  4. 2007-01-23; 1.993
  5. 2007-05-08; 2.729
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 2007-11-06; Vervanging no-claimteruggave; 45.379
  2. 2007-06-19; Regeringsinzet Europese Raad; 43.135
  3. 2007-10-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 42.849
  4. 2007-10-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 42.524
  5. 2007-12-17; Belastingplan 2008; 30.744
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 2007-11-06; Presentie; 2
  2. 2007-10-30; Presentie; 2
  3. 2007-10-09; Presentie; 2
  4. 2007-10-16; Presentie; 2
  5. 2007-07-10; Presentie; 2
Number of words per week in 2007
  • 2007-01-16; 3.162
  • 2007-01-23; 1.993
  • 2007-01-30; 1.705
  • 2007-02-06; 25.671
  • 2007-02-13; 21.374
  • 2007-02-20; 0
  • 2007-02-27; 4.272
  • 2007-03-06; 24.598
  • 2007-03-13; 77.456
  • 2007-03-20; 12.039
  • 2007-03-27; 23.264
  • 2007-04-03; 48.803
  • 2007-04-10; 0
  • 2007-04-17; 3.280
  • 2007-04-24; 19.831
  • 2007-05-01; 0
  • 2007-05-08; 2.729
  • 2007-05-15; 30.699
  • 2007-05-22; 67.844
  • 2007-05-29; 0
  • 2007-06-05; 20.011
  • 2007-06-12; 2.802
  • 2007-06-19; 47.603
  • 2007-06-26; 16.974
  • 2007-07-03; 99.018
  • 2007-07-10; 77.189
  • 2007-07-17; 0
  • 2007-07-24; 0
  • 2007-07-31; 0
  • 2007-08-07; 0
  • 2007-08-14; 0
  • 2007-08-21; 0
  • 2007-08-28; 0
  • 2007-09-04; 0
  • 2007-09-11; 5.435
  • 2007-09-18; 0
  • 2007-09-25; 39.201
  • 2007-10-02; 18.053
  • 2007-10-09; 1.899
  • 2007-10-16; 92.533
  • 2007-10-23; 0
  • 2007-10-30; 18.898
  • 2007-11-06; 47.236
  • 2007-11-13; 40.649
  • 2007-11-20; 57.486
  • 2007-11-27; 43.134
  • 2007-12-04; 77.861
  • 2007-12-11; 125.679

Overview of speakers, scenes and speeches in debates in senate in 2007 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of distinct speakers
116
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. Tiny Kox; 36
  2. Ernst Hirsch Ballin; 28
  3. Gerrit Holdijk; 28
  4. Ankie Broekers-Knol; 28
  5. Gerard Schouw; 18
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 36 293 59.098 42.916 225 41
Ernst Hirsch Ballin 28 202 74.761 90.078 1 201
Gerrit Holdijk 28 37 21.533 21.822 3 6
Ankie Broekers-Knol 28 98 28.547 23.751 65 6
Gerard Schouw 18 107 21.083 16.168 78 17
Rob van de Beeten 17 40 21.831 21.336 14 12
Hans Engels 17 46 15.911 14.672 24 8
Gert van den Berg 16 27 13.551 13.634 3 9
Ger Biermans 15 213 28.635 19.884 170 29
Henk ten Hoeve 15 23 17.407 17.213 6 4
Niko Koffeman 15 44 17.121 15.573 25 9
Tineke Slagter-Roukema 14 112 20.014 15.017 91 5
Geert Reuten MSc 14 177 21.125 19.825 120 50
Paula Swenker 14 43 9.854 8.068 27 4
Jean Eigeman 13 42 17.528 17.070 15 14
Hans Franken 13 40 13.311 10.721 27 1
Jan Kees de Jager 13 147 38.734 49.264 0 170
Mies Westerveld 13 42 11.089 8.531 29 2
Tineke Strik 12 56 14.362 12.112 44 1
Britta Böhler 12 44 14.900 13.026 31 2
Ing Yoe Tan 12 46 13.184 11.519 29 6
Ed Wagemakers 10 44 18.855 16.364 30 4
Peter Essers 10 67 16.509 17.194 22 45
Tof Thissen 10 67 14.813 11.261 52 9
Guusje ter Horst 10 77 18.515 22.919 0 71
Jan Laurier 9 41 8.405 7.639 24 10
Marijke Linthorst 9 28 5.385 4.144 19 3
Remmelt de Boer 9 22 8.760 9.358 6 11
Simon van Driel 8 84 15.454 14.101 43 33
Roel Kuiper 8 23 8.497 8.426 11 7
Kim Putters 7 80 15.222 13.317 52 21
Tuur Elzinga 7 20 8.145 7.399 13 3
Jan Peter Balkenende 7 126 44.430 56.979 1 152
Heleen Dupuis 7 43 6.743 6.047 20 15
Sineke ten Horn 7 40 8.375 7.701 29 7
Alfons Dölle 6 43 8.696 8.175 21 14
Maxime Verhagen 6 88 23.825 32.991 0 113
André Rouvoet 6 33 16.128 18.013 0 27
Leo Platvoet 6 41 8.570 7.367 29 6
Frans Leijnse 6 46 11.693 10.049 25 16
Uri Rosenthal 6 72 10.990 8.685 50 16
Ank Bijleveld-Schouten 6 72 19.070 24.814 0 86
Erik Jurgens 5 27 8.764 8.146 20 3
Gerrit Terpstra 5 38 8.288 8.202 20 13
Jos van der Lans 5 34 9.146 7.006 23 5
Ahmed Aboutaleb 5 34 13.718 15.769 0 32
Eddy Schuyer 5 22 7.945 7.805 12 6
Peter Rehwinkel 5 30 5.562 4.297 22 4
Rudy Rabbinge 5 6 4.159 4.172 0 1
Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon 5 14 3.228 3.329 9 2
Han Noten 5 84 13.674 13.116 38 43
Anja Meulenbelt 4 4 2.440 2.454 0 0
Diana de Wolff 4 13 4.238 3.466 9 0
Anne-Wil Duthler 4 4 2.447 2.822 0 1
Liesbeth Kneppers-Heynert 4 11 899 1.130 3 4
Wouter Bos 4 39 16.471 19.574 1 43
Willem Hoekzema 4 31 5.322 4.428 24 3
Tineke Huizinga-Heringa 4 26 6.848 9.152 0 29
Flora Lagerwerf-Vergunst 4 6 2.132 2.431 2 1
Frans Timmermans 4 46 11.690 15.155 1 46
Cees Veerman 4 7 4.803 5.127 0 4
Hans Klein Breteler 4 33 6.138 5.309 21 9
Jacqueline Cramer 4 102 20.954 30.177 0 132
Piet Hein Donner 4 35 11.186 14.034 0 36
Jos Werner 4 65 12.109 12.854 22 39
Bob Ruers 4 13 4.302 4.330 5 7
Aleid Wolfsen 4 19 5.970 6.702 0 15
Nebahat Albayrak 4 31 8.022 10.094 0 29
Ab Klink 4 87 25.263 32.345 0 94
Düzgün Yildirim 3 5 1.755 2.301 0 4
Sybe Schaap 3 6 2.961 3.570 0 5
Huub Doek 3 40 6.950 5.204 28 15
Kees Slager 3 14 3.441 3.508 10 3
Greetje de Vries-Leggedoor 3 3 1.582 1.974 0 1
Egbert Schuurman 3 20 5.982 5.026 11 3
Jan van Heukelum 3 7 2.683 2.495 3 0
Jos van Gennip 3 18 9.094 9.134 7 8
Marbeth Bierman-Beukema toe Water 3 22 3.382 2.179 8 2
Maria van der Hoeven 3 57 10.715 15.323 0 67
Willem Witteveen 3 5 2.466 2.847 0 3
Staf Depla 2 10 3.584 4.155 0 11
Kobus Walsma 2 3 616 567 1 0
Nanneke Quik-Schuijt 2 14 3.614 3.669 12 3
René van der Linden 2 27 4.899 4.714 12 13
Hans Hoogervorst MA 2 20 6.095 7.501 0 22
Paul Russell 2 17 3.660 2.490 15 0
Jan Hamel 2 8 4.014 3.858 4 2
Ronald Plasterk 2 6 1.134 1.390 0 4
Ria Vedder-Wubben AAG 2 15 2.759 2.846 4 9
Eimert van Middelkoop 2 5 3.238 3.351 1 10
Pieter Hofstra 2 7 2.989 3.549 1 5
Jan Hendrikx 2 2 1.718 2.267 0 2
Sharon Dijksma 2 7 2.872 3.255 0 6
Gerrit Zalm 2 2 1.560 1.576 0 0
Klaas de Vries 2 24 5.656 5.177 17 6
Pieter van Geel 2 7 2.177 2.634 0 6
Aranka Goijert 2 6 1.591 1.793 4 1
Jurn de Vries 2 8 3.085 3.266 0 6
Gerda Verburg 2 4 3.138 3.577 0 7
Rob Hessing 2 2 1.267 1.267 0 0
Eric Janse de Jonge 2 10 4.102 3.918 7 2
Jan Pastoor 2 3 891 856 1 0
Lous Coppoolse 2 2 962 1.359 0 1
Fred de Graaf 2 10 1.566 814 8 0
Cees van den Oosten 2 17 3.680 2.670 14 1
Margriet Meindertsma 2 19 4.962 4.213 9 7
Marja van Bijsterveldt-Vliegenthart 2 3 2.931 3.029 0 2
Camiel Eurlings 2 26 9.688 11.272 0 23
Arjan Vliegenthart 2 19 3.791 4.254 8 11
Elsabe Kalsbeek-Schimmelpenninck van der Oije 2 3 1.502 1.459 0 1
Stef Blok 2 10 1.967 3.232 0 20
Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc 1 2 1.324 921 0 0
Hans Spekman 1 1 1.738 1.799 0 1
Hannie van Leeuwen 1 4 2.157 1.940 3 0
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck 1 489 42.512 1.155 264 2
0 4 369 0 4 0

Overview of speeches in debates in senate in 2007 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
919
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
4.923
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
5, 163, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
30, 246, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 2007-11-06; Vervanging no-claimteruggave; 246
  2. 2007-10-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 217
  3. 2007-10-16; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 190
  4. 2007-06-19; Regeringsinzet Europese Raad; 175
  5. 2007-12-18; Belastingplan 2008; 164
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2007-07-10; 428
  2. 2007-10-16; 408
  3. 2007-12-18; 407
  4. 2007-12-11; 373
  5. 2007-07-03; 317
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2007-01-30; 3
  2. 2007-10-09; 4
  3. 2007-01-23; 6
  4. 2007-05-08; 6
  5. 2007-09-11; 7