Motion

Committee of Supply – Total Sums for Main Estimates, Development Estimates and Resolutions

6 March 2026 · Ministry of Finance

Speakers

Indranee Rajah (Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance, and National Development, and Leader of the House)

Summary

This motion concerns the approval of total sums for the Main and Development Estimates for the financial year from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The Committee of Supply agreed to allocate $158,962,520,000 for public services under the Main Estimates and $49,014,559,600 under the Development Estimates. Second Minister for Finance Ms Indranee Rajah reported these resolutions to the House and moved for Parliament to agree with the Committee's decisions. The Speaker put the questions to the House, and the resolutions were agreed to following the reporting of Paper Cmd 4 of 2026. Ultimately, the Parliament resolved to supply these specific amounts to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the specified financial period.

Transcript

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Question, "That the sum of $158,962,520,000 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the Public Services shown in the Main Estimates for the financial year 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2026," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $49,014,559,600 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the Public Services shown in the Development Estimates for the financial year 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2026," put and agreed to.

The Chairman: Resolutions to be reported.

Thereupon Mr Speaker left the Chair of the Committee and took the Chair of the House.

The Chairman: Second Minister for Finance.

The Second Minister for Finance (Ms Indranee Rajah): Mr Speaker, I report that the Committee of Supply has come to certain resolutions.

First Resolution reported –

That the sum of $158,962,520,000 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the Public Services shown in the Main Estimates for the financial year 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2026.

Second Resolution reported –

That the sum of $49,014,559,600 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the Public Services shown in the Development Estimates for the financial year 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2026.

The Chairman: Second Minister for Finance.

Ms Indranee Rajah: Mr Speaker, I move, "That Parliament doth agree with the Committee on the said resolutions."

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions accordingly agreed to.