Senate Statistical Summary 1/2013

General		2013 to date
Number of sitting days		3
Average length of a sitting day		9 hrs 31 mins
Longest sitting day		10 hrs 59 mins (6 February)
Shortest sitting day		9 hrs 05 mins (5 February)
Hours of sitting		28 hrs 34 mins
Business conducted in the Senate government business general business including time spent on private senators' bills questions without notice urgency/MPI business of the Senate other adjournment debate		7 hrs 55 mins 10 hrs 38 mins 2 hrs 21 mins 3 hr 10 mins 2 hrs 04 mins 0 hrs 46 mins 0 hrs 03 mins 3 hrs 58 mins







Questions placed on notice		107*
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions) Question time held on:		84 3 sitting days
		84 3 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice		28.0
Notices of motion given		46
Petitions presented		0
Signatories to petitions		0
Divisions		11
* Questions placed on notice from 30 November 2012 to 7 February 2013 inclusive
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills		1 1


Received from the House of Representatives		8
Passed in the Senate		3
Bills negatived		0
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'		0
Bills referred to committees		1

5 to 7 February 2013

2012

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