Fifth Edition
Appendix 22 Proportion of House time spent considering certain categories of business 1995–2010
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38th
Parliament |
39th
Parliament |
40th
Parliament |
41st
Parliament |
42nd
Parliament |
43rd
Parliament |
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1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Average
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| Legislation |
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| Government sponsored |
48.0 |
53.8 |
49.8 |
54.2 |
54.9 |
52.0 |
51.5 |
50.7 |
56.8 |
58.0 |
50.4 |
58.6 |
53.9 |
61.3 |
48.8 |
53.5
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| Sponsored by Private Members |
0.9 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
7.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.9
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| Total |
48.9 |
54.1 |
50.4 |
54.5 |
55.3 |
52.9 |
51.7 |
51.0 |
56.9 |
59.3 |
57.5 |
58.8 |
53.9 |
61.4 |
50.1 |
54.4
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| Motions |
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| Government initiated |
2.4 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
5.0 |
4.4 |
7.9 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
0.7 |
3.3 |
2.7
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| Initiated by Private Members |
5.0 |
4.7 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
5.1 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
5.6 |
3.7 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
4.3
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| Total |
7.5 |
6.9 |
7.8 |
10.1 |
6.9 |
8.4 |
9.1 |
13.0 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
1.9 |
6.6 |
7.0
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| Statements |
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| Ministerial statements |
1.7 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
1.1
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| Statements by Private Members |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
— |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.6
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| Total |
2.4 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
1.8
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| Matters of public importance |
5.5 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6.5 |
6.2 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
8.8 |
6.6 |
6.3 |
7.8 |
6.7
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| Adjournment debates |
4.6 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
5.0
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| Grievance debates |
3.0 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
— |
— |
— |
2.4
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| Address-in-reply |
3.3 |
— |
3.4 |
— |
— |
— |
2.5 |
— |
3.0 |
— |
— |
— |
3.7 |
— |
4.0 |
3.3
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| Motions to suspend standing orders |
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| Government initiated |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4
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| Initiated by Private Members |
1.7 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.4
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| Total |
3.5 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.8
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| Business of the House |
21.3 |
19.2 |
21.6 |
18.1 |
20.9 |
21.8 |
20.0 |
18.9 |
18.5 |
16.2 |
17.1 |
18.6 |
20.8 |
21.9 |
20.3 |
19.7
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Note: For items included in the category Business of the House see Appendix 23. Table does not include proceedings in the Main Committee. Discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.
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