Motion

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

8 March 2021 · Ministry of Finance

Speakers

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

Summary

This motion concerns the formal approval of the total sums allocated for the Government’s Main and Development Estimates for the financial year 2021/2022. Parliament agreed to supply $101,419,929,300 for public services under the Main Estimates and $32,406,628,900 under the Development Estimates as contained in Paper Cmd 5 of 2021. Second Minister for Finance Ms Indranee Rajah reported that the Committee of Supply reached these resolutions and moved for Parliament to agree with the committee’s findings. Following the motion moved by Second Minister for Finance Ms Indranee Rajah, the House put the question and officially agreed to the resolutions. This concluding action ensures that the necessary funds are supplied to the Government for the specified heads of expenditure across the upcoming financial year.

Transcript

3.49 pm

Question, "That the sum of $101,419,929,300 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 2021 to 31 March 2022, contained in Paper Cmd 5 of 2021," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $32,406,628,900 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 2021 to 31 March 2022, contained in Paper Cmd 5 of 2021," 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 Second Minister for Finance (Ms Indranee Rajah): Mr Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of Supply has come to certain resolutions.

First Resolution reported –

That the sum of $101,419,929,300 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 2021 to 31 March 2022, contained in Paper Cmd 5 of 2021.

Second Resolution reported –

That the sum of $32,406,628,900 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 2021 to 31 March 2022, contained in Paper Cmd 5 of 2021.

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

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions accordingly agreed to.