Senate Statistical Summary

General		2007 to date
Number of sitting days		3
Average length of a sitting day		9 hrs 03 mins
Longest sitting day		10 hrs 07 mins (7 February)
Shortest sitting day		7 hrs 31 mins (6 February)
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		4 hrs 52 mins 10 hrs 26 mins 3 hrs 06 mins 2 hrs 22 mins 3 hrs 18 mins 1 hr 13 mins 1 hr 53 mins







Questions placed on notice		57*
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions) Question time held on:		58 3 sitting days
		58 3 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice		19.3
Petitions presented		11
Signatories to petitions		3 551
Divisions		20
* Questions placed on notice from 8 December 2006 to 8 February 2007 inclusive
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills		0 1


Received from the House of Representatives		9
Passed in the Senate		6
Bills negatived		0
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'		0
Bills referred to committees		4

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