First Chamber

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The First Chamber is the upper house of the Dutch parliament, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the lower house.

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Generate an image of the First Chamber (The First Chamber is the upper house of the Dutch parliament, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the lower house.)

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First Chamber canonical 6

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation EK ⓘ
bicameralRelation upper house in a bicameral legislature ⓘ
canDissolve yes ⓘ
city The Hague ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established chamber of the States General ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
countrySeat Netherlands ⓘ
dissolutionBy King of the Netherlands ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election ⓘ
electoralCollege electoral college for Dutch citizens abroad ⓘ
electoral colleges for the Caribbean Netherlands ⓘ
provincial councils of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasMembers senators ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands (insofar as domestic legislation is concerned) ⓘ
linked to: Netherlands
language Dutch ⓘ
legislativeProcessStage final parliamentary review of legislation ⓘ
lowerHouse Second Chamber of the States General ⓘ
mainFunction constitutional review of legislation in practice ⓘ
quality control of legislation ⓘ
meetingPlace Binnenhof, The Hague ⓘ
linked to: Binnenhof
memberTitle lid van de Eerste Kamer ⓘ
officialName Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Senate
oversightFunction can initiate inquiries and debates ⓘ
can question government ministers ⓘ
partOf States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
power can accept or reject bills in their entirety ⓘ
cannot amend legislation ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the First Chamber ⓘ
role approves or rejects bills ⓘ
reviews legislation passed by the lower house ⓘ
shortName Eerste Kamer ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Senate

First Chamber of the States General ⓘ
sisterChamber House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
Second Chamber ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfBody legislative body ⓘ
votingSystem indirect party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.eerstekamer.nl ⓘ

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

Second Chamber → worksWith → First Chamber ⓘ
Dutch Senate → shortName → First Chamber ⓘ
President of the First Chamber → leads → First Chamber ⓘ