Senate Statistical Summary 17/2014

No. 17—1 to 4 December

General 1 to 4 December 2014

Number of sitting days

4

63

Average length of a sitting day

11 hrs 43 mins

10 hrs 21 mins

Longest sitting day

15 hrs 08 mins
(4 December)

 18 hrs 50 mins
(17 and 18 July)

Shortest sitting day

09 hrs 59 mins
(2 December)

05 hrs 43 mins
(27 October) 

Hours of sitting

46 hrs 52 mins

 652 hrs 08 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

 

28 hrs 21 mins
09 hrs 59 mins
1 hrs 14 mins

04 hrs 05 mins
02 hrs 03 mins
00 hrs 20 mins
00 hrs 28 mins
01 hrs 36 mins

 

234 hrs 34 mins
196 hrs 23 mins
29 hrs 51 mins

64 hrs 38 mins
38 hrs 41 mins
20 hrs 09 mins
26 hrs 22 mins
71 hrs 21 mins

Questions placed on notice

119*

1454**

Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)

  • Question time held on:

141

4 sitting days

1962

62 sitting days

Average daily number of questions without notice

36.0

31.8

Notices of motion given

 55

680

Petitions presented

4

34

Signatories to petitions

16 431

131 458

Divisions

34

319

* Questions placed on notice from 28 November to 4 December 2014 inclusive

** Questions placed on notice from 13 December 2013 to 4 December 2014 inclusive

 

Legislation

Introduced in the Senate

  • government bills
  • private senators' bills

 

2
3

 

8
36

Received from the House of Representatives - government bills

8

 192

Received from the House of Representatives - private members' bills

 0

 1

Passed in the Senate

6

139

Bills negatived

2

32

Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'

1

29

Bills referred to committees

7

122

2014

Business conducted in the Senate 2014

2014 - 1 to 4 December 2014