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Data about the bills discussed within national parliament as well as votings on bills (not to mix with passed national law). Data on bills must be available for the current legislation period. Open data on the law-making process is crucial for parliamentary transparency: What does a bill text say and how does it change over time? Who introduces a bill? Who votes for and against it? Where is a bill discussed next, so the public can participate in debates? This data category draws on work by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Declaration of Parliamentary Openness.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licenced | Yes | In accordance with Article 8 § 2 of the Act of June 30, 1994 on copyright and related rights, copyrights do not apply to official government documents. Parliamentary documents, which are in accordance with Belgian law, official documents may be so freely copied. It is recommended to indicate the site of the Chamber in order to inform the user as possible. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | HTML, PDF | |
| Downloadable at once | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| findable | 3 | |
| findable_steps | Go to the website dekamer.be | |
| licence_url | http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/searc | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | |
| collector_name | De Kamer (Parliament) | |
| characteristics | Content of bill, Author of bill, Status of bill | |
| location | http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/flwb& - Documents - The Belgian Chamber of Representatives |
Upon reviewing the review, I found a more accurate link to draft bills and proposals here: http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/flwb&language=nl&cfm=ListDocument.cfm. I found this page by navigating to the Parliament's website, under "documents," and clicked on "Full overview" of Parliamentary documents of the chamber. The title, author and status are available in HTML, while content is available to view and download in PDF. As stated on the website: "In accordance with Article 8 § 2 of the Act of June 30, 1994 on copyright and related rights, copyrights do not apply to official government documents. Parliamentary documents, which are in accordance with Belgian law, official documents may be so freely copied. It is recommended to indicate the site of the Chamber in order to inform the user as possible."