Appendix 3: Business of the House and Federation Chamber


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This appendix contains summary information on the business of the House and Federation Chamber in 2013–14.

In this section:

Meetings of the House of Representatives, 2013–14

Events Spring 2013 Autumn-Winter 2014 a Total
Sitting weeks 4 10 14
sitting days 15 38 53

Hours of sitting b

including suspensions

excluding suspensions

150

147

381

376

531

523
Sittings after midnight 0 0 0
Bills introduced c 47 135 182
Private members' bills introduced 1 6 7
Private members’ motions moved 8 22 30
Private members’ motions agreed to 0 0 0
Committee reports presented 17 40 57

Days on which

the adjournment motion was debated

matters of public importance were discussed

private members’ business occurred

10

8

3

34

29

8

44

37

11
Divisions 60 90 150
Closure of question agreed to 14 16 30
Closure of member agreed to 9 12 21
Bills guillotined 0 0 0

a Excludes sittings on 14–17 July 2014.
b Hours of sitting are rounded to the nearest hour.
c Includes two Senate bills.

Meetings of the Federation Chamber, 2013–14

Events Spring 2013 Autumn-Winter 2014 a Total
Number of meetings 9 31 40
Hours of meeting (excluding suspensions) b 29 123 152

Bills referred

 8 17 25
Private members’ bills debated 0 1 1
Private members’ motions moved 9 37 46
Committee and delegation reports referred 0 8 8
Other documents debated 0 1 1

Days on which

the adjournment motion was debated

matters of public importance were discussed

private members’ business occurred

3

3

3

10

8

8

13

11

11

a Excludes sittings on 14-17 July 2014.
b Hours of meeting are rounded to the nearest hour.

Bills and amendments dealt with by the House of Representatives (including the Federation Chamber), 2009–10 to 2013–14

Events 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Total government bills (including bills brought from the Senate) 221 169 229 209 175

Initiated in

the House

the Senate

216

5

154

15

219

10

206

3

173

2

Total private members’ bills introduced a

Second reading amendments moved

Consideration in detail amendments moved

government

opposition

non-aligned

amendments to private members' bills

15

12

 

329

38

96

0

17

14

 

125

161

6

0

27

17

 

427

149

135

21

32

9

 

701

140

82

0

7

36

 

14

50

2

0

Consideration in detail amendments passed

government

opposition

non-aligned

amendments to private members' bills

329

1

0

0

125

4

2

0

427

8

9

13

701

5

22

0

14

0

0

0

a Includes private senators’ bills.

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