House of Representatives of the Netherlands

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chamber of the States General of the Netherlands legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Representatives of the Netherlands is the lower house of the Dutch parliament, responsible for initiating legislation, scrutinizing the government, and representing citizens at the national level.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 4
Tweede Kamer 3
Dutch House of Representatives 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
buildingUsed House of Representatives building (Tweede Kamergebouw) ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy monarch of the Netherlands ⓘ
canDismiss individual ministers through motions of no confidence ⓘ
the entire cabinet through motions of no confidence ⓘ
constitutionalMonarchRelation shares legislative power with the monarch and the Senate ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established chamber of parliament ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ⓘ
electionType national parliamentary election ⓘ
electoralSystemDetail open list proportional representation ⓘ
electoralThreshold de facto 0.67 percent of the national vote ⓘ
electorate Dutch citizens aged 18 and over ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ
governmentFormationRole central role in formation of Dutch cabinets ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
temporary committees ⓘ
hasPower right of amendment of bills ⓘ
right of initiative for legislation ⓘ
right of interpellation ⓘ
right to conduct parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
right to submit motions of no confidence ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
lastElectionType general election ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Netherlands ⓘ
locatedIn The Hague ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory South Holland ⓘ
locatedInCountry Netherlands ⓘ
meetsIn Binnenhof ⓘ
meetsInPlenaryHall Plenary hall of the House of Representatives ⓘ
nativeName House of Representatives of the Netherlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
numberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
oversightMechanism committee hearings ⓘ
parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
partOf States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy House of Representatives of the Netherlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons of the States General of the Netherlands
primaryFunction initiate legislation ⓘ
represent citizens at the national level ⓘ
scrutinize the government ⓘ
responsibleFor approval of international treaties ⓘ
approval of the national budget ⓘ
shortName House of Representatives of the Netherlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tweede Kamer
supervises Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Chamber → shortName → House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tweede Kamer
First Chamber → sisterChamber → House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
Advisory Division of the Council of State → worksWith → House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ