Senate Statistical Summary

General		Budget/Winter sittings to date 9 and 10 May; 22 to 24 May
Number of sitting days		5
Average length of a sitting day		5 hrs 07 mins
Longest sitting day		9 hrs 28 mins (24 May 2001)
Shortest sitting day		39 mins (9 May 2001)
Hours of sitting		25 hrs 39 mins
Business conducted in the Senate government business general business questions without notice urgency/MPI business of the Senate other adjournment debate		11 hrs 48 mins 7 hrs 29 mins 3 hrs 10 mins — 02 mins 1 hr 32 mins 1 hr 38 mins







Questions placed on notice		23*
Questions without notice** Question time held on:		63 3 sitting days
Questions without notice** Question time held on:		63 3 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice		21
Petitions presented		7
Signatories to petitions		3 540
Divisions		5
* Questions placed on notice since the end of the autumn sittings 2001 ** Includes supplementary questions
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills		1


Received from the House of Representatives		7
Passed in the Senate		10
Bills negatived		0
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'		4
Bills referred to committees		4

Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates