Business conducted in the Senate - 17 to 20 September
Business conducted in the Senate - 2007
General
|
17 to 20 September |
2007 |
Number of sitting days |
4 |
41 |
Average length of a sitting day |
10 hrs 21 mins |
9 hrs 49 mins |
Longest sitting day |
12 hrs 37 mins
(20 September 2007) |
20 hrs 34 mins
(16 and 17 August 2007) |
Shortest sitting day |
8 hrs 59 mins
(17 September 2007) |
4 hrs 24 mins
(8 May 2007) |
Hours of sitting |
41 hrs 23 mins |
402 hrs 38 mins |
Business conducted in the Senate
|
17 to 20 September |
2007 |
Government business |
23 hrs 16 mins |
197 hrs 14 mins |
General business |
8 hrs 01 min |
93 hrs 54 mins |
Questions without notice |
4 hrs 12 mins |
39 hrs 35 mins |
Urgency/MPI |
1 hr 01 min |
14 hrs 02 mins |
Business of the Senate |
1 hr 45 mins |
17 hrs 17 mins |
Other |
0 hrs 29 mins |
10 hrs 57 mins |
Adjournment debate |
2 hrs 39 mins |
29 hrs 39 mins |
Questions, petitions, divisions
|
17 to 20 September |
2007 |
Questions placed on notice |
5^ |
545* |
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions) |
76 |
737 |
Question time held on: |
4 sitting days |
38 sitting days |
Average daily number of questions without notice |
19 |
19.4 |
Petitions presented |
7 |
77 |
Signatories to petitions |
27 643 |
66 113 |
Divisions |
20 |
197 |
^ Questions placed on notice from 14 September to 20 September 2007 inclusive
* Questions placed on notice from 8 December 2006 to 20 September 2007 inclusive
Legislation
|
17 to 20 September |
2007 |
Introduced in the Senate |
government bills |
2 |
12 |
private senators' bills |
2 |
26 |
Received from the House of Representatives |
13 |
169 |
Passed in the Senate |
30 |
184 |
Bills discharged from Notice Paper |
0 |
2 |
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off' |
11 |
51 |
Bills referred to committees |
1 |
71 |