Clarification by Minister for Home Affairs

3.04 pm

The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr K Shanmugam): Mr Speaker, with your leave, may I correct a factual error in my reply at the 5 April 2022 Sitting to Question No 6?

Mr Speaker: Please do.

Mr K Shanmugam: It was a question by Ms Joan Pereira on the safeguards to protect members of the public from recalcitrant sex offenders. Sir, I had said in my reply to Ms Joan Pereira that preventive detention (PD) sentences can range from seven to 14 years. [Please refer to "Safeguards to Protect Members of Public from Recalcitrant Sex Offenders", Official Report, 5 April 2022, Vol 95, Issue 61, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

I misspoke. PD sentences range from seven to 20 years. Thank you, Sir.

Mr Speaker: Order. Introduction of Government Bills. Minister for Finance.