General statistics—2001
| |
Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
19 |
13 |
20 |
52 |
| 159 hrs 16 mins |
104 hrs 19 mins |
178 hrs 27 mins |
442 hrs 02 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 22 mins |
8 hrs 01 min |
8 hrs 55 mins |
8 hrs 30 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 23 mins
(7 March 2001) |
16 hrs 22 mins
(28 June 2001) |
15 hrs 25 mins
(29 August 2001) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
5 hrs 25 mins
(3 April 2001) |
39 mins
(9 May 2001) |
4 hrs 30 mins
(17 September 2001) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
319
(1/1 - 5/4) |
107
6/4 - 30/6) |
249
(1/7 - 31/12) |
675 |
| Questions without notice* |
409 |
243 |
398 |
1050 |
| Question time held on: |
19 sitting days |
11 sitting days |
19 sitting days |
49 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
21.5 |
22.1 |
20.9 |
21.4 |
| Petitions presented |
47 |
21 |
35 |
103 |
| Signatories to petitions |
64 522 |
4 900 |
12 153 |
81 575 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
18 |
1 |
5 |
24 |
| Agreed to |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Negatived |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Withdrawn |
5 |
11 |
2 |
18 |
| Still before the Senate |
12 |
1 |
3 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President and the Chair of Committees |
6 |
4 |
7 |
17 |
| Ministerial statements |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Matters of public importance |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| Urgency motions |
4 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
33 |
19 |
35 |
87 |
| Condolence motions |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
| Censure motions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
9 |
4 |
10 |
23 |
| Government responses to committee reports tabled |
25 |
8 |
14 |
47 |
| Divisions |
21 |
16 |
29 |
66 |
* Includes supplementary questions.