Statistics by Parliament — 36th Parliament

These statistics cover the period 8 May 1990 to 18 December 1992

	1990	1991	1992	Total
Bills passed by the Senate	144	211	260	615
Bills to which amendments/requests were moved	82	88	90	260
Bills amended (including bills to which requests agreed to)	48	71	67	186
Amendments/requests moved in committee of the whole	538	920*	955*	2413
Amendments/requests agreed to	304	617	443	1364
Bills referred to committees	22	41	55	118
Questions without notice	1305	1900	1713	4918
Questions placed on notice	423	1221	896	2540
Sitting days	59	83	76	218
Hours of sitting	475 hrs 57 mins	767 hrs 19 mins	728 hrs 31 mins	1971 hrs 47 mins
Divisions	107	150	221	478

* these figures also include amendments/requests moved as a result of the adoption of the report of a committee