Rearrangement of Business
Ministry of Culture, Community and YouthSpeakers
Summary
This motion concerns the rearrangement of parliamentary business as moved by the Leader of the House Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien. The Leader of the House Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien requested that the Motion on Paralympic Achievements be the first item of business to acknowledge the paralympians present in the Chamber. This request was agreed upon by the House under Standing Order 10(2), allowing the motion to proceed before the start of Question Time. Furthermore, the Leader of the House Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien sought to have the President's Message regarding constitutional amendments read during the Second Reading of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill. The House resolved to accept this arrangement, ensuring the President's views are presented at the appropriate time when the specific legislation is being considered.
Transcript
The Leader of the House (Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien): Mdm Speaker, our paralympians are here and present in the Chamber and I wish to seek the House's agreement to have the Motion on Paralympic Achievements be taken now before Question Time.
Mdm Speaker, I beg to move, "That, under Standing Order 10(2), the Motion on Paralympic Achievements be taken as the first item of business at this day's Sitting."
Question put, and agreed to.
Resolved, "That, under Standing Order 10(2), the Motion on Paralympic Achievements be taken as the first item of business at this day's Sitting." – [Ms Grace Fu]
Mdm Speaker: Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.
The Leader of the House (Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien): Mdm Speaker, I understand that a Message from the President addressed to Parliament is to be read to the House. As the Message is on a matter which the House will be considering at the Second Reading of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, I seek the House's agreement for the Message to be read at the time when the Constitution (Amendment) Bill is to be taken.
Mdm Speaker, I beg to move, "That, under Standing Order 10(2), the Message from the President conveying his views on the Constitutional Amendments be taken at the commencement of the Second Reading of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill."
Question put, and agreed to.
Resolved, "That, under Standing Order 10(2), the Message from the President conveying his views on the Constitutional Amendments be taken at the commencement of the Second Reading of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill." – [Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien]