Sitting Day Routine of Business - Legislative Assembly

	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY
9.30am		FORMAL BUSINESS Notices/Petitions/Documents Committee Reports Messages	FORMAL BUSINESS Notices/Petitions/Documents Committee Reports Messages
9.45am approx		STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS	STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
10.15am approx		MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE or GRIEVANCE DEBATE (The first sitting Wednesday of each Autumn and Spring sitting period and every subsequent third sitting Wednesday)	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Notices of Motion Orders of the Day
12.15pm approx		STATEMENTS ON PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS
12.45pm		GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Notices of Motion Orders of the Day
1.00pm		LUNCH SUSPENSION	LUNCH SUSPENSION
2.00pm	QUESTION TIME¹	QUESTION TIME¹	QUESTION TIME¹
2.40pm approx	FORMAL BUSINESS Notices/Petitions Documents/C'tee Reports Messages	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS continued	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS continued
2.55pm approx	STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
3.25pm approx	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Notices Orders of the Day
3.25pm approx	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Notices Orders of the Day
6.30pm	DINNER SUSPENSION	DINNER SUSPENSION	DINNER SUSPENSION
8.00pm	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS continued	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS continued	GOVERNMENT BUSINESS continued
10.00pm	ADJOURNMENT DEBATE²	ADJOURNMENT DEBATE²	ADJOURNMENT DEBATE²

1. Question Time lasts for 30 minutes or until 10 questions have been answered, whichever is the longer

2. Standing Orders require business to be interrupted at 10.00pm at which time a Minister may move "That the sitting be continued". If such a motion is carried, the "adjournment debate" will follow upon the conclusion of consideration of Government Business.

When the house sits on a Friday, standing orders provide that the order of business is as for a Thursday, detailed above.