General statistics—2010
| |
Autumn |
Budget/Winter |
Spring/Spring (2) |
Total |
| Number of sitting days |
14 |
10 |
16 |
40 |
| 125 hrs 20 mins |
91 hrs 23 mins |
142 hrs 01 min |
358 hrs 44 mins |
| Average length of a sitting day |
8 hrs 57 mins |
9 hrs 08 mins |
8 hrs 53 mins |
8 hrs 58 mins |
| Longest sitting day |
10 hrs 22 mins
(18 March) |
10 hrs 10 mins
(24 June) |
12 hrs 00 mins
(25 November) |
N/A |
| Shortest sitting day |
6 hrs 18 mins
(10 March) |
6 hrs 13 mins
(11 May) |
3 hrs 04 mins
(28 September) |
N/A |
| Questions placed on notice |
244
(1/1 - 18/3) |
157
(19/3 - 30/6) |
436
(1/7 - 31/12) |
837 |
| Questions without notice* |
375 |
273 |
404 |
1 052 |
| Question time held on: |
13 sitting days |
10 sitting days |
14 sitting days |
37 sitting days |
| Average daily number of questions without notice* |
28.8 |
27.3 |
28.9 |
28.4 |
| Petitions presented |
8 |
11 |
8 |
27 |
| Signatories to petitions |
7 452 |
28 386 |
2 459 |
38 297 |
| Delegated legislation - Notices of motion for disallowance: |
| Given |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
| Agreed to |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Negatived |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Withdrawn |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Still before the Senate |
0 |
2 |
5 |
N/A |
| Statements by the President, Deputy President and the Chair of Committees |
5 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
| Ministerial statements |
19 |
13 |
11 |
43 |
| Matters of public importance |
6 |
6 |
9 |
21 |
| Urgency motions |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Principal motions agreed to |
19 |
25 |
29 |
73 |
| Condolence motions |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| Censure motions |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Orders for the production of documents |
10 |
12 |
16 |
38 |
| Government responses to committee reports |
16 |
25 |
6 |
47 |
| Divisions |
51 |
40 |
61 |
152 |
* Includes supplementary questions.