General statistics 1991–2011

  1991 1992 1993* 1994 1995 1996* 1997 1998* 1999 2000 2001* 2002 2003 2004* 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010* 2011
Statements by the President and Chairman of Committees 44 40 20 28 27 19 42 23 25 23 17 23 11 11 20 6 9 18 22 9 12
Ministerial statements 11 11 3 12 9 15 16 10 17 8 2 7 12 5 4 5 2 70 53 43 37
Matters of public importance 15 13 3 23 20 12 3 8 9 2 4 3 8 5 14 9 5 9 20 21 32
Urgency motions 14 12 71 6 10 7 12 10 4 7 11 8 5 7 6 7 8 2 2 2 2
Agreed to 10 8 4 2 8 5 3 6 4 6 7 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 0
Principal motions agreed to 59 42 35 50 58 67 103 76 88 113 87 106 174 105 122 74 48 119 99 73 107
Censure motions 3 3 2 3 5 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Agreed to 2 2 1 2 3 1 - 1 3 1 - 1 2 2 1 0 - - - 1 0
Condolence motions 6 4 10 5 6 7 7 3 9 0 5 9 6 2 7 6 3 15 10 5 17
Orders for the production of documents 6 8 11 19 22 12 23 13 12 22 23 36 34 21 18 1 0 9 32 38 21
Government responses to committee reports 26 44 28 34 55 22 48 32 27 35 47 39 39 28 39 29 45 17 41 47 67
Petitions (conforming) 779 607 539 464 589 464 468 218 194 150 103 99 129 180 86 161 77 53 48 27 54
Non-conforming 31 35 16 19 47 86 82 - - -                      
Number of signatures 157593 210892 458874 287972 687320 393695 206609 101759 84611 439008 81575 45659 199586 107231 64057 283565 66113 115771 132265 38297 51572

* Indicates an election year

  1. One proposal was not supported and the motion was not proceeded with
  2. In 1997 the standing orders were amended to change the handling of non-conforming petitions (see standing order 69(8)).

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