Proportion of time spent according to the type of business 1991–2011

Graph showing the proportion of time spent according to the type of business from 1991-2011. Data for this graph can be found in the table below.

  Government business
(%)		 General business
(%)		 Questions
(%)		 Business of the Senate
(%)		 Urgency/MPI
(%)		 Other
(%)
1991 54 20 12 6 7 1
1992 49 23 12 8 7 1
1993* 54 27 11 3 3 2
1994 42 31 15 5 5 2
1995 41 34 14 3 5 3
1996* 46 30 13 5 3 3
1997 57 25 11 3 2 2
1998* 57 23 11 4 4 1
1999 57 25 12 4 2 0
2000 55 26 12 4 2 1
2001* 54 26 13 1 4 2
2002 57 22 11 4 2 4
2003 55 27 11 3 2 2
2004* 58 25 11 2 3 1
2005 47 26 11 7 4 5
2006 46 32 11 7 3 1
2007* 52 25 11 5 4 3
2008 50 26 12 3 2 7
2009 55 24 11 4 5 1
2010* 44 32 12 3 7 2
2011 44 32 10 1 7 6

* Indicates an election year

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