Over the duration of the Fifth Parliament there were
6483
committee meetings.

The Fifth Parliament committee system comprised of 67 committees:

Over the Fifth Parliament, Portfolio Committees held 5293 meetings. This is followed by the Select Committees which collectively held 911 meetings, 154 Ad Hoc Committee meetings and 125 meetings of the Joint Committees (View addendum)

Looking at these numbers in more detail, our statistics show some Portfolio Committees were extremely busy over the Fifth Parliament. These stand-out Committees include:

FINANCE: 309 meetings

TRADE AND INDUSTRY: 268 meetings

POLICE: 237 meetings

APPROPRIATIONS: 236 meetings

TRANSPORT: 177 meetings

23% of all Portfolio Committee meetings over the Fifth Parliament

Calculations show that on average, the other Portfolio Committees held 109 meetings over the Fifth Parliament

Calculations also show that 2018 was the busiest year for all Committees – 1474 Committee meetings were held in this year alone. This equates to 23% of all meetings over the Fifth Parliament. This also ties in with a finding PMG made, in its study of legislative performance, that Parliament’s work rate increases significantly in the year immediately preceding a national election

NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS: FIFTH PARLIAMENT

We also took a look at the number of parliamentary work days during the Fifth Parliament – calculations show there were 613 parliamentary work days between June 2014 and March 2019 – this number excludes weekends, public holidays, constituency days (Mondays) and recess breaks.

NUMBER OF PARLIAMENTARY WORK DAYS

COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE

Since the beginning of the Fifth Parliament, PMG has recorded the attendance (View Addendum) of MPs in Committee meetings. Our records show that the attendance of Committee meetings in the Fifth Parliament has improved over the five years. Those Portfolio Committees that stand out for top attendance over the five years are:

DISCLAIMER: This is not official data from Parliament. This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.