House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives is the main elected chamber of the Dutch parliament, responsible for initiating and scrutinizing legislation and overseeing the government.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
budgetaryRole approves the national budget ⓘ
can amend the national budget ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy monarch of the Netherlands ⓘ
constitutionalFunction represents the people of the Netherlands ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established body ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ⓘ
electoralRight elected by Dutch citizens with suffrage ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature open list ⓘ
single nationwide constituency ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
its own presidium ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ
governmentOversightRole can initiate motions of no confidence ⓘ
oversees the government ⓘ
questions ministers ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
temporary committees ⓘ
hasDutchName House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
hasPower right of amendment ⓘ
right of initiative ⓘ
right of interpellation ⓘ
right to conduct parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
right to submit motions ⓘ
languageOfWork Dutch ⓘ
legislativeRole amends legislation ⓘ
initiates legislation ⓘ
scrutinizes legislation ⓘ
locatedIn Netherlands ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
meetsFrequency almost continuously throughout the year ⓘ
meetsIn Binnenhof ⓘ
meetsInChamber Plenary Hall of the House of Representatives ⓘ
memberTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
Tweede Kamerlid ⓘ
numberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
partOf States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: President of the House of Representatives
relationshipToGovernment can force resignation of cabinet through motion of no confidence ⓘ
shortName House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Tweede Kamer
supervises Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.tweedekamer.nl ⓘ

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

Netherlands → lowerHouse → House of Representatives ⓘ
New Zealand → legislativeBody → House of Representatives ⓘ
Rutte I cabinet → hasMinorityIn → House of Representatives ⓘ
Rutte IV cabinet → chamberSupportedBy → House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives building (Tweede Kamergebouw) → governingBody → House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives presidium
DPD → otherChamberEnglishName → House of Representatives ⓘ
Division of Brand → representedInChamber → House of Representatives ⓘ