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13th Parliament · 1st Session

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Members (94 present, 7 absent)

Present (94)

Alex Yam Amrin Amin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs) Amy Khor Lean Suan (Senior Minister of State for Health and the Environment and Water Resources) Ang Hin Kee Ang Wei Neng Azmoon Ahmad Baey Yam Keng (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth) Cedric Foo Chee Keng Chan Chun Sing (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Government Whip) Charles Chong (Deputy Speaker) Chee Hong Tat (Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health) Chen Show Mao Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chia Shi-Lu Chia Yong Yong Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza Daniel Goh Pei Siong Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Desmond Choo Desmond Lee (Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development and Deputy Leader of the House) Edwin Tong Chun Fai Fatimah Lateef Foo Mee Har Gan Kim Yong (Minister for Health) Gan Thiam Poh Goh Chok Tong Grace Fu Hai Yien (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Leader of the House) Halimah Yacob (Speaker) Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office) Indranee Rajah (Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law) Intan Azura Mokhtar Janil Puthucheary (Minister of State for Communications and Information and Education) Jessica Tan Soon Neo Joan Pereira Josephine Teo (Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Transport) K Shanmugam (Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law) K Thanaletchimi Khaw Boon Wan (Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport) Koh Poh Koon (Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry) Kok Heng Leun Kuik Shiao-Yin Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lam Pin Min (Minister of State for Health) Lawrence Wong (Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance) Lee Bee Wah Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister) Lee Yi Shyan Leon Perera Liang Eng Hwa Lily Neo Lim Biow Chuan (Deputy Speaker) Lim Hng Kiang (Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade)) Lim Swee Say (Minister for Manpower) Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Thia Khiang Low Yen Ling (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Trade and Industry and Ministers for Education) Mahdev Mohan Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) Melvin Yong Yik Chye Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social and Family Development and Ministers for Education) Murali Pillai Ng Eng Hen (Minister for Defence) Ong Teng Koon Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Second Minister for Defence) Patrick Tay Teck Guan Png Eng Huat Pritam Singh Rahayu Mahzam Randolph Tan S Iswaran (Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry)) Saktiandi Supaat Sam Tan Chin Siong (Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office and Minister of State for Manpower and Deputy Government Whip) Seah Kian Peng Sitoh Yih Pin Sun Xueling Sylvia Lim Tan Chuan-Jin (Minister for Social and Family Development) Tan Wu Meng Teo Chee Hean (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) Teo Ho Pin Teo Ser Luck (Minister of State for Manpower) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies) Tin Pei Ling Vikram Nair Yaacob Ibrahim (Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Yee Chia Hsing Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad

Absent (7)

Bills (1)

Oral Answers (13)

Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Encouraging Employers and Employees to Shift to Portable Medical Benefits

Ong Teng Koon K Thanaletchimi Lim Swee Say
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Success Rates of Government Career Assistance Schemes

Randolph Tan Patrick Tay Teck Guan Gan Thiam Poh +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Industry Information on Recruitment Plans of Employers for Future Jobs

Murali Pillai Desmond Choo Lim Swee Say
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Extension of Home Improvement Programme to Flats Built after 1986

Jessica Tan Soon Neo Lawrence Wong Lee Bee Wah
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Alternatives to Partial Demolition of Ellison Building

Desmond Lee Kok Heng Leun
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Nationwide Awareness Promotion for Appointment of Deputies for Those who have Lost Mental Capacity

Tan Chuan-Jin Denise Phua Lay Peng Chia Yong Yong +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Assistance for Lifelong Replacement of Aids for Persons with Special Needs

Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Denise Phua Lay Peng
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Entry Criteria for Dental Surgery Assistants Switching to Nursing Career

Ong Ye Kung K Thanaletchimi
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

SkillsFuture-equivalent Scheme for Singaporeans Aged under 25

Tan Wu Meng Low Yen Ling
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

SkillsFuture Credits for Overseas Courses Not Available through Singapore Training Providers

Dennis Tan Lip Fong Low Yen Ling Lee Bee Wah
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Defined Route for Foreign Medical Graduates who Take Singapore's Qualifying Examinations

K Thanaletchimi Lam Pin Min
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Measuring Quality of Healthcare Delivery and Adequacy of Healthcare Resources

Gan Kim Yong Joan Pereira
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Number of Citizens and Permanent Residents Unable to Pay MediShield Life Premiums

Png Eng Huat Chee Hong Tat

Written Answers (18)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Consumers Pursuing Complaints against Merchants

S Iswaran Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Issuance of Newspaper Street Vendor Licence

Lee Bee Wah Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Complaints of Misconduct against LTA Enforcement Officers

Lee Bee Wah Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Investigations into "Penny Stock" Cases

Leon Perera Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Teachers who Offer Tuition Services Outside School Hours

Seah Kian Peng Ng Chee Meng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Criteria for Granting Foreign Entity Permit to Engage in Activities Relating to Speakers' Corner Events

Seah Kian Peng K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Welfare of Animals Bred in Local Pet Farms

Lawrence Wong Chia Shi-Lu
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Discontinuation of Hardship Scheme for Hawkers

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Scaling Water Conservation Tax to Allow for Minimum Hygiene Standards

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Training and Help for Teachers to Cope with Stress

Ng Chee Meng Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Concrete Slabs Covering Water Tanks at Roof-tops of HDB Flats

Gan Thiam Poh Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Housing and Flat Rental Assistance for Single Unwed Moms

Tan Chuan-Jin Kuik Shiao-Yin
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Impact of Transboundary Haze Pollution Act on Air Quality

Ong Teng Koon Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Impact on Carpark Provisions with Redevelopment of Golden Shoe Complex

Ang Wei Neng Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Number of Smokers and Patients with Smoking-related Diseases

Chia Shi-Lu Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Statistics on Renunciation of Singapore Citizenship

Teo Chee Hean Leon Perera
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Cyclists of Electric/Motorised Bicycles or Vehicles' Liability for Victim's Medical Fees

Lee Bee Wah Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer Ministry of Defence

Balloting of National Day Parade Tickets

Lee Bee Wah Ng Eng Hen