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Appendix 17 Consideration of legislation by the House

Year
Total bills introduced1
Introduced
from Senate
Considered in detail2
Referred to committee
Declared urgent3
Acts for year
1901†
28
6
20
—
17
1902
23
2
24
1  4
—
21
1903†
27
5
25
—
21
1904
22
5
20
—
15
1905
33
4
31
—
26
1906†
42
5
34
—
23
1907
29
7
15
—
12
1908
29
—
26
—
27
1909
38
9
34
—
29
1910†
50
9
43
—
41
1911
30
6
30
—
29
1912
52
8
51
—
43
1913†
37
6
28
—
24
1914†
54
8
46
—
36
1915
62
6
61
—
53
1916
45
12
48
—
41
1917†
40
3
41
—
40
1918
50
11
47
2
47
1919†
37
4
37
3
32
1920
66
15
59
2
56
1921
49
6
44
—
43
1922†
47
10
43
—
42
1923
52
6
39
4
36
1924
63
9
64
2
61
1925†
35
8
33
3
32
1926
56
7
54
—
52
1927
50
6
40
—
38
1928†
47
11
46
—
48
1929†
43
3
37
4
35
1930
89
5
85
—
78
1931†
73
2
71
—
56
1932
80
17
76
3
76
1933
77
7
73
1
74
1934†
72
5
70
4
67
1935
76
12
72
8
73
1936
99
8
98
1
94
1937†
54
7
47
2
47
1938
91
10
79
2
78
1939
91
9
89
3
87
1940†
101
6
99
1
99
1941
73
2
69
—
70
1942
61
4
60
—
58
1943†
59
2
57
—
58
1944
48
6
48
—
46
1945
60
3
59
3
59
1946†
84
2
83
2
81
1947
94
13
93
3
93
1948
96
13
91
3
93
1949†
88
14
88
5
87
1950
87
8
52
4
80
1951†
85
5
65
2
82
1952
111
5
72
5
109
1953
99
18
72
3
96
1954†
85
11
64
2
83
1955†
71
10
64
1
71
1956
114
14
88
3
113
1957
119
17
73
3
103
1958†
101
20
68
14
83
1959
105
7
81
1
104
1960
115
10
104
1
111
1961†
99
6
82
4
98
1962
112
4
80
—
108
1963†
103
10
53
—
103
1964
135
7
54
—
130
1965
158
11
33
—
156
1966†
94
4
20
1
93
1967
133
6
33
—
124
1968
169
14
26
—
157
1969†
101
—
30
2
102
1970
154
6
30
8
127
1971
148
4
34
17
138
1972†
146
6
27
—
139
1973
253
19
61
19
221
1974†
226
15
60
21
166
1975†
215
7
63
19
121
1976
230
13
56
—
208
1977†
164
10
28
2
161
1978
224
14
53
7 5
5
211
1979
196
22
32
3  6
7
191
1980†
205
13
37
5  7
2
177
1981
202
13
47
—
182
1982
196
10
43
1
158
1983†
170
19
37
1
147
1984†
192
20
51
1
175
1985
234
17
64
26
202
1986
189
11
54
1  8
40
168
1987†
211
21
69
1
184
1988
210
12
52
102
155
1989
194
14
60
59
183
1990†
185
13
43
78
144
1991
205
19
68
101
204
1992
282
42
39
132
264
1993†
184
34
30
111
121
1994
197
53
56
9  9
14
184
1995
176
32
68
5  10
1
176
1996†
173
17
41
5  10
6
84
1997
235
15
72
4  11
12
222
1998†
218
13
44
1  12
16
135
1999
224
19
71
4  13
—
201
2000
192
11
59
6  14
—
174
2001†
182
22
62
6  15
—
170
2002
254
9
42
2  16
2
148
2003
174
8
39
1  12
1
150
2004†
223
16
33
—
2
158
2005
182
24
39
1  12
3
164
2006
188
32
41
—
1
172
2007†
168
14
40
1  17
2
184
2008
203
12
26
5  18
—
159
2009
226
9
30
—
6
136
2010†
221
10
29
7  19
—
150
1 Includes the bills introduced from the Senate. These totals do not reflect all bills before the House during the year, as bills introduced in one year may be considered the following year.
2 Prior to 1994 consideration in detail took place in committee of the whole and was known as the committee stage. Procedures allowing the committee (detail) stage to be bypassed became operative from 13.8.63.
3 From 2005 includes bills with no declaration of urgency, but time allotted by suspension of standing orders.
 4 Referred to a select committee.
5 Referred to legislation committees (for committee stage).
6 Appropriation Bill (No.1) considered by estimates committees (committee stage); 2 bills referred to legislation committees.
7 Appropriation Bill (No.1) considered by estimates committees (committee stage); 4 bills referred to legislation committees.
8 Referred to a joint select committee.
9 Three bills referred to joint committees; 6 referred to standing committees.
10 Four bills referred to joint committees; 1 referred to a standing committee.
11 Referred to joint committees (1 by Senate).
12 Referred to a joint committee.
13 Two bills referred to joint committees; 2 referred to joint select committees (by Senate). 14 Four bills referred to joint committees (3 by Senate); 2 referred to standing committees.
15 Three bills referred to joint committees (2 by Senate); 3 referred to joint select committee.
16 Two bills referred to joint committees.
17 Three bills referred to a joint committee.
18 Three bills referred to joint committees (by Senate); 2 referred to standing committees.
19 Three bills referred to joint committees (by Senate); 4 referred to standing committees.
† General election years.

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