Senate Statistical Summary 5/2015

No. 5—11 to 14 May

General 11 to 14 May 2015 to date 

Number of sitting days

4

20

Average length of a sitting day

08 hrs 43 mins

09 hrs 46 mins

Longest sitting day

11 hrs 23 mins
(14 May)

 13 hrs 00 mins
(25 March)

Shortest sitting day

05 hrs 39 mins
(11 May)

05 hrs 05 mins
(23 March) 

Hours of sitting

34 hrs 52 mins

 195 hrs 25 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

12 hrs 45 mins
10 hrs 20 mins
02 hrs 21 mins

04 hrs 13 mins
02 hrs 02 mins
00 hrs 08 mins
01 hrs 04 mins
04 hrs 20 mins

77 hrs 12 mins
54 hrs 58 mins
08 hrs 32 mins

 
20 hrs 07 mins
12 hrs 30 mins
01 hrs 59 mins
09 hrs 37 mins
19 hrs 02 mins

Questions placed on notice

381*

902**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

138

4 sitting days

621

19 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

34.5

32.6

Notices of motion given

26

205

Petitions presented

2

7

Signatories to petitions

7626

25185

Divisions

12

88

* Questions placed on notice from 27 March to 14 May 2015, inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2014 to 14 May 2015, inclusive

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

0

1

 

2

            9

Received from the House of Representatives - government bills

12

 46

Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills

 0

 0

Passed in the Senate

24

66

Bills negatived

0

3

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

14

Bills referred to committees

4

34

2015

2015 - 11 to 14 May 2015

Business conducted in the Senate in the period 11 to 14 May 2015