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Chamber and Federation Chamber

This appendix contains summary information on the business of the Chamber and Federation Chamber in 2019–20.

Meetings of the House of Representatives 2019-20

Events

Winter–Spring 2019

Autumn–Winter 2020

Total

Sitting weeks

9

9

18

Sitting days

35

27

62

Hours of sitting:a

» including suspensions

321

249

570

» excluding suspensions

312

237

548

Sittings after midnight

0

0

0

Government bills introduced

141

72

213

Private members’ bills introducedb

23

12

35

Private members’ motions moved

16

9

25

Committee reports presented

41

52

93

Days on which:

» the adjournment motion was debated

30

24

54

» matters of public importance were discussed

25

20

45

» private members’ business occurred

8

4

12

Divisions

206

166

372

Closure of question agreed to

28

22

50

Closure of member agreed to

43

42

85

Bills subject to debate management motions

3

15

18

  • a. Hours are rounded to the nearest hour. Discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.
  • b. Includes two private senators’ bills.
Meetings of the Federation Chamber 2019-20

Events

Winter–Spring 2019

Autumn–Winter 2020

Total

Number of meetings

32

22

54

Hours of meeting (excluding suspensions)a

116

68

185

Bills referred

3

0

3

Private members’ bills debated

0

0

0

Private members’ motions moved

60

25

85

Committee reports presented

0

0

0

Committee and delegation reports referred

4

11

15

Days on which:

» the adjournment motion was debated

8

6

14

» grievance debate occurred

8

5

13

» private members’ business occurred

8

5

13

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 (Chamber and Federation Chamber) 2015–16 to 2019–20

Events

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

Government bills introduced:

» initiated in the House

136

206

172

112

196

» initiated in the Senate

5

7

15

13

17

» total

141

213

187

125

213

Private members’ bills introduceda

21

35

35

30

35

Second-reading amendments moved

16

40

45

37

110

Consideration-in-detail amendments moved:

» government

60

58

453

471

32

» opposition

38

44

44

63

89

» non-aligned

21

71

9

32

18

» amendments to private members’ bills

0

0

93

0

0

Consideration-in-detail amendments passed:

» government

60

58

453

471

32

» opposition

2

0

3

2

3

» non-aligned

0

1

0

10

0

» amendments to private members’ bills

0

0

0

0

0

a. Includes private senators’ bills.