Appendix 4: Business of the House and Federation Chamber

This appendix contains summary information on the business of the House and Federation Chamber in 2014–15.

In this section:

Meetings of the House of Representatives, 2014–15

Events	Spring 2014 ^a	Autumn-Winter 2015	Total
Sitting weeks	11	10	21
Sitting days	38	39	77
Hours of sitting ^b including suspensions excluding suspensions	379 347	381 379	760 726
Sittings after midnight	0	0	0
Bills introduced ^c	87	116	203
Private members' bills introduced	6	6	12
Private members’ motions moved	18	23	41
Committee reports presented	59	74	133
Days on which the adjournment motion was debated matters of public importance were discussed private members’ business occurred	31 25 7	36 30 9	67 55 16
Divisions	88	64	152
Closure of question agreed to	26	12	38
Closure of member agreed to	10	13	23
Bills guillotined	0	0	0

a Includes sittings on 8 July and 14–17 July 2014.
b Hours of sitting are rounded to the nearest hour.
c Includes 11 Senate bills.

Events	Spring 2014 ^a	Autumn-Winter 2015	Total
Number of meetings	25	32	57
Hours of meeting (excluding suspensions) b	29	122	208
Bills referred	11	6	17
Private members’ bills debated	2	1	3
Private members’ motions moved	30	36	66
Committee and delegation reports referred	19	15	34
Other documents debated	0	1	1
Days on which the adjournment motion was debated matters of public importance were discussed private members’ business occurred	9 7 7	9 9 9	18 16 16

a Includes sittings on 8 July and 14–17 July 2014.
b Hours of meeting are rounded to the nearest hour.

Events	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014-15
Total government bills (including bills brought from the Senate)	169	229	209	175	191
Initiated in the House the Senate	154 15	219 10	206 3	173 2	181 10
Total private members’ bills introduced ^a	17	27	32	7	12
Second reading amendments moved	14	17	9	36	22
Consideration in detail amendments moved government opposition non-aligned amendments to private member's bills	125 161 6 0	427 149 135 21	701 140 82 0	14 50 2 26	215 62 26 0
Consideration in detail amendments passed government opposition non-aligned amendments to private member's bills	125 4 2 0	427 8 9 13	701 5 22 0	14 0 0 0	215 4 0 0

a Includes private senators’ bills.