Overview of 46^th Session of The National Assembly

The 46^th session of the National Assembly began on November 3 and was prorogued on December 13. Fifteen (15) sittings were convened during the session spanning over 41 days. The schedule of the sittings during the session is given in Appendix A.

This 46^th Session of the National Assembly met for 27 hours and 4 minutes with an average time of 1 hour and 48 minutes per sitting. The longest sitting of the session was held on Monday, December 12 when the House was adjourned after meeting 3 hours and 43 minutes. The shortest sitting was held on Thursday, November 3 when 95.24% maximum agenda items were left over and the House was adjourned due to lack of quorum after meeting for only 52 minutes even though 106 (32.02%) MNAs were recorded as present on this day.

The average delay in starting a sitting was 51 minutes during the session.