Senate Statistical Summary 1/2015

No. 1: 9 to 12 February 2015

General

9 to 12 February

Number of sitting days

4

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 22 mins

Longest sitting day

11 hrs 26 mins
(9 February)

Shortest sitting day

8 hrs 40 mins
(10 February)

Hours of sitting

41 hrs 30 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

14 hrs 33 mins
13 hrs 34 mins
2 hrs 20 mins
04 hr 12 mins
03 hrs 12 mins
00 hrs 12 mins
01 hrs 02 mins
04 hrs 45 mins

Questions placed on notice

349 *

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

123

4 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

30.8

Notices of motion given

39

Petitions presented

0

Signatories to petitions

0

Divisions

16

* Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2014 to 12 February 2015 inclusive

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills


0
3

Received from the House of Representatives

6

Passed in the Senate

14

Bills negatived

0

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

Bills referred to committees

7

2015, to date

Business conducted in the Senate in the period 9 February to 12 February 2015

2015

Business conducted in the Senate in the period 9 February to 12 February 2015