States General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The States General are the Assemblysince 1814, either the Netherlands, of Parliament. At the Constitution of 1815 was introduced a bicameral system, and since then, the States General from the First Room and the Second Room.

A bill needs to be approved by both chambers: first by the House of representatives and then by the Senate. The functions of the two chambers are in practice differently: the House of representatives has the right of amendment and the right of initiative, the upper House can only approve or reject a Bill.

The members are MPs, members of Parliament or senators (first Chamber) called.



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[hide] *1 United meeting  ==United meeting[ Edit] == The States General occur only rarely in full, together in so-called United meeting ; the United meeting will be led by the President of the first Chamber. The Constitution prescribes a United meeting in the following cases:
 * 2 Documents
 * 3 History
 * 4 see also
 * 5 external links

Hofvijver==Documents[ Edit] == Papers, proceedings of the first and second House of representatives and parliamentary questions from 1995 can be found on the Parlando[1], and also onofficielebekendmakingen.nl, which from the period 1814 to 1994 on Staten-Generaal Digital[2] . ==History<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1814-1815 (in the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands), the States-General of the United Netherlands from one room with 55 members. Members of the States General were elected by the provincial States per province.
 * for the decision on a consent law for the marriage of a member of the Royal family (art. 28)
 * to exclude the succession of a member of the Royal family (article 29)
 * for naming of the King (in) as a missing heir (art. 30)
 * at the swearing-in and inauguration of a new King (in), in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (art. 32)
 * for a decision on parental authority and custody of a minor King (in) (art. 34)
 * for the decision that the King (in) "outside State it is to exercise Royal authority". (art. 35)
 * When the King (in) the exercise of his authority temporarily wish to put down (art. 36)
 * for the appointment of a regent (art. 37)
 * in the speech from the throne on the third Tuesday in september (art. 65)
 * immediately after proclaiming a State of emergency (State of emergency) (article 103)
 * to explain or terminate a war, unless there can be gathered by the State of war not (art. 96)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 1815, there are two Rooms. From that year, the House of representatives, elected by the Provincial States, 110 members and agreed also on legislative proposals and if this self submission. The First Chamber, appointed by the King, had 40-60 members, and if only ' yes ' or ' no ' to bills say.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1840-1848 the second Chamber had 58 members. The first Room had 20-30 members.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1848 the second Room had one member per 45 000 inhabitants, chosen by the inhabitants who were paying sufficient tax (census suffrage). The first Room had 39 members, elected by the provincial States.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the constitutional amendment of 1887, the House of representatives, 100 members were elected through hundred constituencies. The number of members was increased to 50.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1917 (for the first time in the elections of 1918) was the lower House chosen by the male residents, also recognized by law as Dutch or Dutch nationals, which den to determine age by law, which may be not below three and twenty years, have achieved and by the female residents, those to equal conditions, if and zoover the law her, not pursuant to the possession of jurisdiction conferred by reasons, choose maatschappelijken success (universal suffrage for men). The past-the-post system was replaced by a system of proportional representation.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1919 (for the first time in the elections of 1922) there was general women's suffrage.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1940-1945 there was no functioning States General, from 1945-1946 there was a emergency-Parliament.

<p lang="en" len="63" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The House of representatives has 150 members since 1956, the first Room 75.