WHAT IS IT m CONSTITUTION m STANDING ORDERS m OTHER RULES q Organic Act on the General Electoral System q Rules on appointment of Senators q Agreement adopted by the Permanent Deputation of the Senate on the number of Senators to be appointed by each Self-governing Community in the 10th Legislature q Complementary rules l Rules and decisions of the Senate Speaker l Rules and decisions of the Bureaus of the Congress and the Senate q Legislation impinging especially on parliamentary organization and operation q Senate-related rules of the Congress Standing Orders m IT'S TERRITORIAL NATURE m SENATORS q Introduction q Senators q Parliamentary Pay q Allowances q Register of Interests - Activities, properties and income q Senate election outcome in 2011 q Former Members of Parliament Association q Parliamentary Groups q Distribution table parliamentary Groups q Enquiries about the makeup of the House, its bodies and parliamentary Groups on a given date m FUNCTIONS q Territorial integration q Legislative q Government control and political initiative q Foreign policy control m THE SENATE 1834 - 1923 q Constitutional provisions on the Senate q The Legislatures q The Senators q The Documents q The Parliamentary Proceedings m THE SENATE  1977 - 2008 q The Senators q The Legislatures l Constituent   l First   l Second   l Third   l Fourth   l Fifth   l Sixth   l Seventh   l Eighth   l Ninth

HOW DOES IT WORK m GOVERNING BODIES q The Speaker q The Bureau of the Senate q The Board of Spokesmen q The Permanent Deputation m COMMITTEES AND REPORTING BODIES q The Committees l Definition and functions l Standing Legislative l Standing non Legislative l Mixed l Enquiry l Special l Joint Sittings q Study Reporting Bodies l Of Senate Committees l Of Mixed Committees m INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS q General aspects q International Conferences q Friendship Groups  of the Senate q Friendship Groups  of the Parliament q Permanent delegations  of the Parliament q Official travels of parliamentary delegations q Visits from foreign parliamentary delegations q Study visits and stays to interchange experiences m PROCEDURES q Legislative and authorizations q Control and political initiative q Appointments to other Bodies

WHAT'S ON m BILLS   q In the Senate l Governmental bills l Non-governmental bills iniciated in the Congress l Non-governmental bills iniciated in the Senate l International treaties l Reform of Statute of Autonomy proposals m GOVERNMENT CONTROL q Interpellations q Motions resulting from interpellation q Motions resulting from the debate about the general situation of the state of the Self-governing Communities q Motions in Plenary Sitting q Motions in Committee q Questions for oral reply in Plenary Sitting q Questions for oral reply in Committee q Questions for written reply q Committee appearances q Appearances in reporting bodies q Statistics of control and political initiatives m OTHER BUSINESS m WEEKLY AGENDA m PLENNARY SITTINGS q Plenary Sitting held in the 10th Legislature m COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES m OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS q List of speakers q Table of contents

TO LEARN MORE m DATABASES m OTHER DOCUMENTS q Catalogue of non-official publicattions q Senate Bibliography q New bibliographical information on the Senate m PRACTICAL INFORMATION q Official announcements l Personnel selection l Scholarships and seminars l Announcement of a prize competition l Interpreters-translators q General information q Visits l Plenary Sittings l Palace q The Senate Shop q Address l Address and phones l Map q Personnel Rules l Statute of Parliamentary Personnel - Modification approved on 16th September 2008 l Common rules to draw up the staff structure of the Secretariat General of the Congress and the Senate l Organization rules of the Senate     l Staff structure of the Senate     l Collective Bargaining Agreement of the Senate personnel - Correction of error q Other information     l Informatics and Telecommunications Plan (Except) 2009-2012     l Rules for informatic system users     l Access to the Library, Archives and Document Services q Institutional image m DIRECTORY q The secretariat of the Speaker q The Bureau of the Senate q The Committees q The Parlamentary Groups q Secretariat General m LINKS m PROCUREMENT q Procurement Rules of the Senate q Tender q Awarded tender q Procurement of the Cortes Generales

OTHERS m SPEAKER m SENATE  CHANNEL m EUROPEAN UNION m VIRTUAL VISIT m SEARCH