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Appendix 20

Fifth Edition

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Appendix 20 Statistics on selected House proceedings

Year
 Matters of public importance Adjournment debates Number of petitions Number of divisions Closures of question agreed to Closures of Member agreed to
1901*
 5 56 224 113 — —
1902
 11 59 96 257 — —
1903*
 4 40 178 50 — —
1904
 10 48 17 57 — —
1905
 5 42 152 88 — —
1906*
 1 38 5 85 — —
1907
 7 53 88 243 — —
1908
 3 38 18 119 — —
1909
 8 56 7 131 18 1
1910*
 1 44 33 72 — —
1911
 — 29 7 52 — —
1912
 5 41 7 56 — —
1913*
 3 47 — 93 33 —
1914*
 8 35 6 48 5 —
1915
 14 37 5 51 6 —
1916
 4 18 9 11 — —
1917*
 9 38 3 54 5 —
1918
 13 53 9 100 6 —
1919*
 8 31 2 76 1 —
1920
 25 56 1 227 18 1
1921
 14 48 2 146 3 1
1922*
 5 26 1 102 10 —
1923
 8 31 — 169 36 —
1924
 17 48 4 144 18 —
1925*
 4 20 3 58 5 —
1926
 3 36 2 52 2 —
1927
 6 25 1 48 3 —
1928*
 6 30 3 59 4 —
1929*
 4 26 — 46 6 1
1930
 10 53 3 84 19 —
1931*
 15 67 1 216 35 —
1932
 13 44 3 205 25 1
1933
 21 41 16 157 15 —
1934*
 9 21 — 78 12 1
1935
 11 32 — 311 101 1
1936
 10 40 1 78 12 —
1937*
 2 22 — 32 1 —
1938
 10 40 2 99 6 —
1939
 7 34 — 85 5 —
1940*
 5 30 3 33 1 —
1941
 4 39 3 16 — —
1942
 9 35 2 25 1 —
1943*
 7 30 1 22 — —
1944
 14 31 — 40 5 —
1945
 7 58 — 101 10 —
1946*
 9 37 2 75 12 —
1947
 21 37 93 135 24 1
1948
 14 26 3 113 22 —
1949*
 13 29 3 96 22 —
1950
 9 62 2 123 36 2
1951*
 11 41 9 178 85 —
1952
 12 45 9 153 54 —
1953
 4 38 21 125 69 1
1954*
 3 22 14 89 45 —
1955*
 29 25 8 133 49 —
1956
 7 35 7 243 86 4
1957
 17 39 50 163 61 —
1958*
 8 25 37 65 24 —
1959
 8 39 43 132 45 —
1960
 10 41 29 151 68 1
1961*
 5 30 30 125 51 —
1962
 13 37 22 128 68 —
1963*
 8 22 140 82 38 2
1964
 11 34 58 91 41 —
1965
 6 31 41 124 39 —
1966*
 5 30 104 65 26 —
1967
 12 28 70 78 23 —
1968
 10 32 139 106 48 —
1969*
 28 29 90 83 26 1
1970
 22 34 494 161 56 —
1971
 23 41 723 216 92 —
1972*
 21 36 1130 142 66 3
1973
 18 75 1677 264 103 —
1974*
 32 52 883 184 113 1
1975*
 26 51 2043 359 158 29
1976
 47 68 1987 124 53 21
1977*
 48 50 1420 174 100 23
1978
 56 55 1340 188 67 32
1979
 52 49 2366 207 67 24
1980*
 33 39 1923 150 52 19
1981
 51 46 2900 165 59 32
1982
 46 44 2094 119 41 23
1983*
 42 38 1885 93 29 1
1984*
 41 27 2315 142 44 14
1985
 57 43 2955 128 34 —
1986
 71 60 5528 143 37 4
1987*
 65 61 3622 110 38 2
1988
 47 44 1289 154 31 14
1989
 44 38 1690 152 31 26
1990*
 31 28 564 61 8 6
1991
 46 49 824 165 33 28
1992
 45 42 843 118 31 19
1993*
 17 37 547 105 28 —
1994
 47 57 540 86 13 6
1995
 40 62 431 110 27 16
1996*
 37 48 430 221 31 35
1997
 52 70 633 183 11 40
1998*
 30 47 336 157 27 15
1999
 45 68 232 164 34 31
2000
 50 67 289 141 33 28
2001*
 35 50 248 110 16 33
2002
 43 60 319 160 22 26
2003
 45 65 371 176 12 39
2004*
 46 54 472 81 5 10
2005
 51 62 235 209 18 59
2006
 50 65 276 165 17 36
2007*
 39 48 250 75 5 12
2008
44
57
109
153
18
23
2009
 45 53 150 129 10 20
2010*
 40 48 134 101 4 14

Excludes Main Committee proceedings.
* Years in which elections for the House of Representatives were held.
Updates in red
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