Overview of debates in senate in 2009 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of days with plenary meeting
27
Number of topics discussed
206
Average, maximum and minimum number of topics per day
8, 13, 2
Top 5 days with most topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2009-12-15; 13
  2. 2009-06-30; 11
  3. 2009-11-03; 11
  4. 2009-02-10; 11
  5. 2009-03-24; 10
Top 5 days with least topics discussed (date; # topics)
  1. 2009-11-02; 2
  2. 2009-06-29; 2
  3. 2009-01-20; 4
  4. 2009-04-07; 4
  5. 2009-03-10; 5
Top 10 repeating topics in 2009 (topic; # times discussed)
Presentie 27
Hamerstukken 23
Stemmingen 13
Energie-efficiëntie 4
Algemene financiële beschouwingen 3
Bestuurlijke lus Awb 3
Economische Zaken 3
Vereenvoudiging bedrijfsopvolgingsregeling 3
Verzoekschriften 3
Affectieschade 2
Number of topics per week in 2009 (date in that week; # topics). Listing starts with the first week in which the senate convened in 2009. )
  • 2009-01-20; 4
  • 2009-01-27; 10
  • 2009-02-03; 9
  • 2009-02-10; 11
  • 2009-02-17; 7
  • 2009-02-24; 0
  • 2009-03-03; 8
  • 2009-03-10; 5
  • 2009-03-17; 0
  • 2009-03-24; 10
  • 2009-03-31; 6
  • 2009-04-07; 4
  • 2009-04-14; 0
  • 2009-04-21; 0
  • 2009-04-28; 0
  • 2009-05-05; 0
  • 2009-05-12; 0
  • 2009-05-19; 9
  • 2009-05-26; 0
  • 2009-06-02; 0
  • 2009-06-09; 9
  • 2009-06-16; 6
  • 2009-06-23; 12
  • 2009-06-30; 11
  • 2009-07-07; 0
  • 2009-07-14; 0
  • 2009-07-21; 0
  • 2009-07-28; 0
  • 2009-08-04; 0
  • 2009-08-11; 0
  • 2009-08-18; 0
  • 2009-08-25; 0
  • 2009-09-01; 0
  • 2009-09-08; 0
  • 2009-09-15; 0
  • 2009-09-22; 0
  • 2009-09-29; 0
  • 2009-10-06; 0
  • 2009-10-13; 7
  • 2009-10-20; 0
  • 2009-10-27; 8
  • 2009-11-03; 11
  • 2009-11-10; 8
  • 2009-11-17; 7
  • 2009-11-24; 9
  • 2009-12-01; 6
  • 2009-12-08; 9
  • 2009-12-15; 13

Overview of the number of words in debates in senate in 2009 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
1.110.401
Total number of words in stage-directions
3.365
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per day
43.403, 84.030, 2.264
Average, maximum and minimum number of words per topic
5.690, 49.873, 2
Top 5 days with most words
  1. 2009-06-23; 84.030
  2. 2009-10-13; 80.026
  3. 2009-03-24; 79.617
  4. 2009-11-03; 78.276
  5. 2009-06-30; 69.611
Top 5 days with least words
  1. 2009-06-16; 2.264
  2. 2009-11-17; 2.959
  3. 2009-10-27; 10.077
  4. 2009-11-02; 10.735
  5. 2009-03-10; 15.964
Top 5 topics with most words
  1. 2009-05-19; Staatkundige vernieuwing; 49.873
  2. 2009-02-17; Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; 48.876
  3. 2009-06-29; Investeren in jongeren; 43.060
  4. 2009-10-13; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 39.824
  5. 2009-10-13; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 37.933
Top 5 topics with least words
  1. 2009-05-19; Presentie; 2
  2. 2009-11-03; Presentie; 27
  3. 2009-12-22; Reglement Dienst Verslag en Redactie; 38
  4. 2009-02-17; Verzoekschriften; 40
  5. 2009-05-19; Raming; 42
Number of words per week in 2009
  • 2009-01-20; 17.622
  • 2009-01-27; 60.087
  • 2009-02-03; 61.679
  • 2009-02-10; 62.412
  • 2009-02-17; 51.111
  • 2009-02-24; 0
  • 2009-03-03; 22.098
  • 2009-03-10; 15.964
  • 2009-03-17; 0
  • 2009-03-24; 79.617
  • 2009-03-31; 17.632
  • 2009-04-07; 16.185
  • 2009-04-14; 0
  • 2009-04-21; 0
  • 2009-04-28; 0
  • 2009-05-05; 0
  • 2009-05-12; 0
  • 2009-05-19; 52.395
  • 2009-05-26; 0
  • 2009-06-02; 0
  • 2009-06-09; 38.421
  • 2009-06-16; 2.264
  • 2009-06-23; 127.136
  • 2009-06-30; 69.611
  • 2009-07-07; 0
  • 2009-07-14; 0
  • 2009-07-21; 0
  • 2009-07-28; 0
  • 2009-08-04; 0
  • 2009-08-11; 0
  • 2009-08-18; 0
  • 2009-08-25; 0
  • 2009-09-01; 0
  • 2009-09-08; 0
  • 2009-09-15; 0
  • 2009-09-22; 0
  • 2009-09-29; 0
  • 2009-10-06; 0
  • 2009-10-13; 80.026
  • 2009-10-20; 0
  • 2009-10-27; 20.812
  • 2009-11-03; 78.276
  • 2009-11-10; 31.138
  • 2009-11-17; 2.959
  • 2009-11-24; 62.077
  • 2009-12-01; 35.059
  • 2009-12-08; 59.867
  • 2009-12-15; 65.994

Overview of speakers, scenes and speeches in debates in senate in 2009 from collection /db/nlparliament/data/HAN1995

Number of distinct speakers
96
Top 5 speakers with most speeches at central lectern
  1. Jan Laurier; 22
  2. Remmelt de Boer; 21
  3. Ernst Hirsch Ballin; 19
  4. Gerard Schouw; 18
  5. Alfons Dölle; 17
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
Jan Laurier 22 32 14.464 13.932 10 6
Remmelt de Boer 21 53 22.169 22.878 13 23
Ernst Hirsch Ballin 19 172 51.238 63.052 1 179
Gerard Schouw 18 137 25.952 20.199 103 20
Alfons Dölle 17 85 25.010 22.454 42 23
Geert Reuten MSc 16 228 30.186 24.801 176 40
Gerrit Holdijk 16 37 13.874 15.144 1 24
Henk ten Hoeve 15 35 16.493 16.218 12 18
Hans Engels 15 53 17.382 14.658 33 6
Gert van den Berg 14 21 12.545 12.190 6 1
Tof Thissen 13 122 22.723 17.322 92 19
Gerrit Terpstra 12 47 16.815 16.873 16 23
Ankie Broekers-Knol 11 67 17.621 13.420 47 4
Ank Bijleveld-Schouten 10 91 33.276 39.470 1 88
Paula Swenker 10 29 8.239 7.291 18 7
Sineke ten Horn 10 54 14.342 12.326 37 7
Simon van Driel 10 166 25.991 22.575 98 65
Mies Westerveld 10 59 12.788 9.681 47 2
Arjan Vliegenthart 10 50 11.612 10.134 34 7
Tineke Strik 10 56 15.387 12.382 42 1
Maria van der Hoeven 10 188 46.753 56.610 0 192
Niko Koffeman 9 52 12.873 11.411 24 19
Tuur Elzinga 9 38 11.664 10.936 19 14
Rob van de Beeten 9 47 17.261 15.713 24 14
Ger Biermans 8 67 14.390 11.985 48 11
Nanneke Quik-Schuijt 8 37 9.847 8.615 27 2
Anne-Wil Duthler 8 27 7.812 7.355 11 7
Edward Asscher 8 23 10.038 9.861 10 5
Jan Kees de Jager 8 98 44.088 49.966 1 111
Liesbeth Kneppers-Heynert 8 24 9.194 8.670 13 3
Marja van Bijsterveldt-Vliegenthart 7 73 26.757 32.652 0 78
Cathrijn Haubrich-Gooskens 7 55 11.461 9.498 30 13
Joyce Sylvester 7 43 9.254 8.079 27 8
Margriet Meindertsma 6 35 8.904 6.767 28 2
Eric Janse de Jonge 6 19 7.232 7.398 5 8
Tineke Slagter-Roukema 6 35 7.313 5.338 27 3
Kim Putters 6 42 10.474 8.643 32 3
Pauline Meurs 6 26 9.476 8.843 13 8
Heleen Dupuis 6 33 4.101 3.863 22 13
Düzgün Yildirim 6 6 3.111 3.930 0 12
Frans Leijnse 6 62 14.494 13.554 32 30
Loek Hermans 6 21 9.584 9.567 7 8
Britta Böhler 6 19 7.774 7.028 12 2
Flora Lagerwerf-Vergunst 6 20 6.346 5.690 12 2
Peter Essers 6 28 13.798 13.931 10 16
Roel Kuiper 6 30 8.697 6.800 22 2
Ronald Plasterk 6 76 27.601 31.471 0 76
Kees Slager 6 45 8.466 7.536 36 3
Piet Hein Donner 4 60 21.305 25.668 0 61
Ing Yoe Tan 4 20 5.800 4.948 15 1
Sybe Schaap 4 51 7.613 8.254 21 26
Gerda Verburg 4 24 19.619 21.810 0 26
Ab Klink 4 29 9.109 11.089 0 31
Sophie van Bijsterveld 4 10 5.894 5.712 4 2
Han Noten 4 71 11.868 12.838 24 51
Huub Doek 4 25 5.608 4.821 15 6
Eric Smaling 4 29 8.320 6.869 23 2
Jacqueline Cramer 4 44 13.743 17.459 0 52
Aranka Goijert 4 11 3.812 3.562 6 2
Egbert Schuurman 4 69 9.962 8.155 42 20
Marijke Linthorst 4 25 8.395 6.564 21 0
Greetje de Vries-Leggedoor 3 4 2.001 1.971 1 1
Hans Franken 3 35 4.753 5.149 17 18
Pieter Hofstra 3 10 4.509 4.367 4 3
Geart Benedictus 2 6 2.384 3.044 2 3
Jean Eigeman 2 7 2.185 2.148 1 5
Karel Leunissen 2 5 2.068 1.850 3 0
Anja Meulenbelt 2 15 3.835 3.830 5 9
Eberhard van der Laan 2 17 11.597 13.491 0 27
Helmi Huijbregts-Schiedon 2 7 852 621 5 0
Roos Vermeij 2 16 3.729 4.770 0 15
Wouter Bos 2 41 19.417 22.728 0 47
Uri Rosenthal 2 39 6.386 6.119 23 23
Tiny Kox 2 60 9.927 6.568 47 14
Jos Werner 2 52 8.354 10.811 10 44
Frank van Kappen 2 16 5.714 4.862 13 1
Tineke Huizinga-Heringa 2 18 4.330 5.054 0 16
Paul Peters 2 14 4.467 4.393 4 8
Jet Bussemaker 2 11 7.967 8.617 0 9
Klaas de Vries 2 15 1.885 2.074 7 14
Camiel Eurlings 2 21 13.696 15.487 0 24
Jetta Klijnsma 2 27 7.481 10.430 0 37
Sharon Dijksma 2 14 4.975 5.863 0 12
André Rouvoet 2 10 3.773 4.381 0 10
Diederik Samsom 2 7 3.819 3.994 0 5
Jan ten Hoopen 2 7 2.405 2.617 0 5
Frank Heemskerk 2 6 3.541 3.915 0 5
Rein Willems 2 21 4.414 3.914 12 7
Jan Peter Balkenende 2 62 27.141 33.057 0 77
Guusje ter Horst 1 1 387 492 0 3
Ger Koopmans 1 15 2.240 3.575 0 17
Helma Neppérus 1 7 1.979 2.594 0 10
Fred de Graaf 0 2 119 0 2 0
René van der Linden 0 266 8.945 0 210 0
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck 0 218 9.479 0 115 0
0 12 1.136 0 4 0

Overview of speeches in debates in senate in 2009 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
705
Total number of speeches given (including those of chair and interruptions)
4.441
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per speaker at the central lectern
6, 152, 0
Average, maximum and minimum number of speeches per topic
41, 251, 1
Top 5 topics with most speeches (date; titel; # speeches)
  1. 2009-06-29; Investeren in jongeren; 251
  2. 2009-10-13; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 234
  3. 2009-10-13; Algemene politieke beschouwingen; 190
  4. 2009-06-23; Keuze sanctiestelsel; 161
  5. 2009-03-24; Energie-efficiëntie; 152
Top 5 days with most speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2009-10-13; 441
  2. 2009-12-15; 331
  3. 2009-03-24; 328
  4. 2009-06-30; 319
  5. 2009-11-03; 300
Top 5 days with least speeches (date; # speeches)
  1. 2009-11-17; 5
  2. 2009-06-16; 11
  3. 2009-11-02; 17
  4. 2009-10-27; 27
  5. 2009-03-10; 41