Senate Statistical Summary 16/2014

No. 16—24 to 27 November

General 24 to 27 November 2014 to date 

Number of sitting days

4

59

Average length of a sitting day

10 hrs 22 mins

10 hrs 16 mins

Longest sitting day

11 hrs 26 mins
(24 November)

 18 hrs 50 mins
(17 and 18 July)

Shortest sitting day

08 hrs 32 mins
(25 November)

05 hrs 43 mins
(27 October) 

Hours of sitting

41 hrs 28 mins

 605 hrs 16 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 13 mins
15 hrs 07 mins
2 hrs 24 mins


03 hrs 59 mins
02 hrs 03 mins
00 hrs 04 mins
00 hrs 56 mins
05 hrs 06 mins

 

206 hrs 13 mins
186 hrs 24 mins
28 hrs 37 mins


60 hrs 33 mins
36 hrs 38 mins
19 hrs 49 mins
25 hrs 54 mins
69 hrs 45 mins

Questions placed on notice

37*

1335**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

130

4 sitting days

1830

58 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

32.5

31.6

Notices of motion given

 42

625

Petitions presented

1

30

Signatories to petitions

1708

115 027

Divisions

18

285

* Questions placed on notice from 20 November to 27 November 2014 inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 27 November 2014 inclusive

 

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

0
4

 

6
33

Received from the House of Representatives - government bills

11

 184

Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills

 1

 1

Passed in the Senate

7

133

Bills negatived

3

30

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

0

28

Bills referred to committees

7

115

2014, to date

Business conducted in the Senate 2014

2014 - 24 to 27 November 2014

Business conducted in the Senate in the period 24 to 27 November 2014

Note: these figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates