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Business of the House and Federation Chamber

This appendix contains summary information on the business of the House and Federation Chamber in 2018–19.

Meetings of the House of Representatives, 2018–19

Events

Spring 2018

Autumn–Winter 2019

Total

Sitting weeks

8

3

11

Sitting days

32

10

42

Hours of sitting:a

including suspensions

283

92

375

excluding suspensions

280

91

371

Sittings after midnight

0

0

0

Government bills introducedb

68

57

125

Private members’ bills introducedc

22

8

30

Private members’ motions moved

11

1

12

Committee reports presented

67

60

127

Days on which:

the adjournment motion was debated

31

8

39

matters of public importance were discussed

23

8

31

private members’ business occurred

8

1

9

Divisions

67

18

85

Closure of question agreed to

6

3

9

Closure of member agreed to

4

0

4

Bills subject to debate management motions

0

0

0

a. Hours are rounded to the nearest hour. Discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.

b. Includes 13 Senate bills.

c. Includes two private senators’ bills.

Meetings of the Federation Chamber, 2018–19

Events

Spring 2018

Autumn–Winter 2019

Total

Number of meetings

32

9

41

Hours of meeting (excluding suspensions)a

99

31

130

Bills referred

2

5

7

Private members’ bills debated

2

1

3

Private members’ motions moved

40

8

48

Committee reports presented

0

0

0

Committee and delegation reports referred

21

8

29

Other documents debated

3

1

4

Days on which:

the adjournment motion was debated

8

3

11

grievance debate occurred

8

2

10

private members’ business occurred

9

1

10

a. Hours are rounded to the nearest hour. Discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.

Bills and amendments dealt with by the House of Representatives (including the Federation Chamber), 2014–15 to 2018–19

Events

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Government bills introduced (including bills brought from the Senate)

191

141

213

187

125

Initiated in the House

181

136

206

172

112

Initiated in the Senate

10

5

7

15

13

Private members’ bills introduceda

12

21

35

35

30

Second-reading amendments moved

22

16

40

45

37

Consideration-in-detail amendments moved:

government

215

60

58

453

471

opposition

62

38

44

44

63

non-aligned

26

21

71

9

32

amendments to private members’ bills

0

0

0

93

0

Consideration-in-detail amendments passed:

government

215

60

58

453

471

opposition

4

2

0

3

2

non-aligned

0

0

1

0

10

amendments to private members’ bills

0

0

0

0

0

a. Includes private senators’ bills.