Senate Statistical Summary

General	20 to 23 August	Spring sittings to date
Number of sitting days	4	8
Average length of a sitting day	8 hrs 20 mins	8 hrs 13 mins
Longest sitting day	10 hrs 11 mins (22 August 2001)	10 hrs 11 mins (22 August 2001)
Shortest sitting day	5 hrs 29 mins (21 August 2001)	5 hrs 29 mins (21 August 2001)
Hours of sitting	33 hrs 22 mins	65 hrs 49 mins
Business conducted in the Senate government business general business questions without notice urgency/MPI business of the Senate other adjournment debate	15 hrs 18 mins 8 hrs 38 mins 4 hrs 11 mins 2 hrs 12 mins — 24 mins 2 hrs 39 mins	31 hrs 34 mins 18 hrs 07 mins 8 hrs 15 mins 2 hrs 12 mins 37 mins 34 mins 4 hrs 30 mins







Questions placed on notice	19^	186**
Questions without notice* Question time held on:	90 4 sitting days	175 8 sitting days
Questions without notice* Question time held on:	90 4 sitting days	175 8 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice	22.5	21.9
Petitions presented	4	10
Signatories to petitions	1 642	3 580
Divisions	3	8
* Includes supplementary questions ^ Questions placed on notice from 10 to 23 August inclusive ** Questions placed on notice since the end of the winter sittings 2001
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills	4 0	4 1


Received from the House of Representatives	10	24
Passed in the Senate	12	19
Bills negatived	0	5
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'	1	1
Bills referred to committees	1	3

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