Senate Statistical Summary 14/2014

No. 14—27 to 30 October

General 30 September to 2 October 2014 to date 

Number of sitting days

4

52

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 51 mins

10 hrs 17 mins

Longest sitting day

16 hrs 47 mins
(30 October)

 18 hrs 50 mins
(17 and 18 July)

Shortest sitting day

05 hrs 43 mins
(27 October)

05 hrs 43 mins
(27 October) 

Hours of sitting

43 hrs 26 mins

 534 hrs 33 mins

Business conducted in the Senate

  • government business
  • general business
    • including time spent on private senators' bills
  • questions without notice
  • urgency/MPI
  • business of the Senate
  • other
  • adjournment debate

 

19 hrs 57 mins
09 hrs 53 mins
2 hrs 20 mins


03 hrs 13 mins
02 hrs 04 mins
00 hrs 12 mins
05 hrs 47 mins
02 hrs 20 mins

 

182 hrs 59 mins
163 hrs 16 mins
26 hrs 3 mins


54 hrs 01 mins
32 hrs 33 mins
15 hrs 12 mins
24 hrs 54 mins
61 hrs 38 mins

Questions placed on notice

75*

924**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

89

3 sitting days

-

51 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

30.7

31.9

Notices of motion given

 35

563

Petitions presented

1

28

Signatories to petitions

1993

112 489

Divisions

33

250

* Questions placed on notice from 3 to 30 October 2014 inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 30 October 2014 inclusive

 

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

2
1

 

6
28

Received from the House of Representatives

18

 172

Passed in the Senate

5

122

Bills negatived

2

27

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

28

Bills referred to committees

9

108

2014, to date

2014 - 27 to 30 October 2014

Note: these figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates