Senate Statistical Summary

General		2005 to date
Number of sitting days		3
Average length of a sitting day		9 hrs 03 mins
Longest sitting day		10 hrs 13 mins (9 February 2005)
Shortest sitting day		8 hrs 02 mins (8 February 2005)
Hours of sitting		27 hrs 10 mins
Business conducted in the Senate government business general business questions without notice urgency/MPI business of the Senate other adjournment debate		11 hrs 33 mins 7 hrs 18 mins 3 hrs 24 mins 2 hrs 06 mins — 04 mins 2 hrs 45 mins







Questions placed on notice		168*
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions) Question time held on:		65 3 sitting days
		65 3 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice		21.7
Petitions presented		2
Signatories to petitions		632
Divisions		3
* Questions placed on notice from 10 December 2004 to 10 February 2005 inclusive
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills		0 0


Received from the House of Representatives		13
Passed in the Senate		21
Bills negatived		0
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'		2
Bills referred to committees		4

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