Time spent on consideration of legislation

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39th Parliament—1998-2001

Session	Sitting dates	Business time	Adjournment time	Total time	Total time spent on legislation	% of business time spent on legislation
Spring 1998	10 November - 10 December 1998	123 hrs 47 mins	7 hrs 36 mins	131 hrs 23 mins	51 hrs 56 mins	41.9%
Autumn 1999	15 February - 27 May 1999	264 hrs 39 mins	15 hrs 45 mins	280 hrs 24 mins	125 hrs 21 mins	47.4%
Winter 1999	21 June - 30 June 1999	70 hrs 53 mins	9 hrs 06 mins	79 hrs 59 mins	51 hrs 16 mins	72.3%
Spring 1999	9 August - 21 October 1999	227 hrs 29 mins	13 hrs 50 mins	241 hrs 19 mins	111 hrs 56 mins	49.1%
Summer 1999	22 November - 9 December 1999	92 hrs 34 mins	6 hrs 39 mins	99 hrs 13 mins	58 hrs 41 mins	63.4%
Autumn 2000	15 February - 13 April 2000	146 hrs 16 mins	12 hrs 56 mins	159 hrs 12 mins	57 hrs 51 mins*	39.5%*
Budget 2000	9 May - 11 May 2000	21 hrs 31 mins	1 hr 18 mins	22 hrs 49 mins	10 hrs 42 mins	50.5%
Winter 2000	5 June - 29 June 2000	103 hrs 17 mins	7 hrs 17 mins	110 hrs 34 mins	61 hrs 38 mins	59.7%
Spring 2000	14 August - 7 September 2000	95 hrs 44 mins	7 hrs 31 mins	103 hrs 15 mins	47 hrs 06 mins	49.2%
Summer 2000	30 October - 7 December 2000	225 hrs 55 mins	12 hrs 14 mins	238 hrs 09 mins	137 hrs 38 mins	60.9%
Autumn 2001	6 February - 5 April 2001	146 hrs 24 mins	12 hrs 52 mins	159 hrs 16 mins	73 hrs 26 mins	50.2%
Budget 2001	9 May - 24 May 2001	24 hrs 01 min	1 hr 38 mins	25 hrs 39 mins	9 hrs 33 mins	39.8%
Winter 2001	18 June - 28 June 2001	74 hrs 19 mins	4 hrs 21 mins	78 hrs 40 mins	46 hrs 35 mins	62.7%
Spring 2001	6 August - 27 September 2001	168 hrs 13 mins	10 hrs 14 mins	178 hrs 27 mins	78 hrs 19 mins	46.6%
Total		1785 hrs 02 mins	123 hrs 17 mins	1908 hrs 19 mins	921 hrs 58 mins	51.6%

* Excluding the time spent (9 hrs 52 mins) on consideration of the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999.