Meetings of Presidential Council for Minority Rights

2 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Prime Minister from 2012 to 2016 (a) how many meetings of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights have been held each year; (b) what is the duration of each meeting; and (c) how many of the Council members attended each meeting.

Mr Lee Hsien Loong: The Presidential Council for Minority Rights held a total of 31 meetings between August 2012 and July 2016. All meetings of the Council have been conducted with sufficient quorum of at least eight members, including the Chairman. The duration of each meeting varied, depending on the number of Bills being considered by the Council.