Parliament's 2009 Winter Session Analysis

Here find some statistical analysis for the last Parliament session:
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Parliament met for the Winter Session starting 19th November this year. Lok Sabha sat for 21 days and Rajya Sabha for 23. The session saw discussions on several major issues that included sugarcane pricing, climate change, price rise and the Liberhan report. We present some statistics from this recently concluded session.
On 6 out of 21 days, Lok Sabha met for less than 2 hrs
Several hours were lost to interruptions. Total productive time in Lok Sabha was 106 hours, 76% of scheduled time. Productive time in Rajya Sabha was 102 hours, 88% of scheduled time.
Attendance in the Lok Sabha varied between 56% and 75% with the average for the session at 66%. Rajya Sabha saw an average attendance of 68%.
30th Nov (the Monday following the long weekend) saw the lowest attendance. Issues taken up for discussion on this day included natural calamities in the country and law and order situation in West Bengal.
Of 26 Bills planned for passage, only 14 were actually passed
( The last session saw only 23% of the plan being achieved.)
In 34% cases, the inquiring MP was absent when the question was called in Lok Sabha
Total 440 starred questions admitted this session in the Lok Sabha, only 131 were called in the House. The remaining 309 questions could not be called due to paucity of time.
For 44 called questions, the respective MPs were not present in the House. Thus, only 87 were orally answered.
On 30 November, only 3 questions were orally answered in the Lok Sabha as MPs who had raised the other 17 were absent. The Question Hour was thus wound up in 25 minutes.
The situation was similar in Rajya Sabha - of the total 460 admitted questions, only 18% were orally answered. (Recently, the Rajya Sabha amended its rules to ensure that no starred question goes unanswered in the absence of the members who posed them.)
Several major issues were taken up for discussion this session. These included sugarcane pricing, climate change, price rise and the Liberhan report.
However, 48% of the members in Lok Sabha did not participate in any debate. Of those who spoke, 25% restricted themselves to 1-2 debates. Only 3% MPs participated in more than 10 debates. A similar pattern existed in Rajya Sabha. 50% MPs did not participate at all and only 1% spoke in more than 10 debates.