13th Parliament · 1st Session
Monday, 6 February 2017
Members (96 present, 5 absent)
Present (96)
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 Gan Kim Yong
(Minister for Health)
Gan Thiam Poh Ganesh Rajaram 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 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)
Masagos Zulkifli B M M
(Minister for the Environment and Water Resources)
Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman
(Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs)
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 Chee Meng
(Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport)
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 Seah Kian Peng Sim Ann
(Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry and Deputy Government Whip)
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)
Thomas Chua Kee Seng Tin Pei Ling Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan
(Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Yaacob Ibrahim
(Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs)
Yee Chia Hsing Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad
Motions (1)
Bills (6)
1st Reading
Patents (Amendment) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Social and Family Development
Early Childhood Development Centres Bill
1st Reading Ministry of National Development
Architects (Amendment) Bill
1st Reading
Town Councils (Amendment) Bill
2nd Reading Ministry of Education
Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill
2nd Reading Ministry of National Development
Planning (Amendment) Bill
Oral Answers (11)
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower
Enforcement of Labour Court Orders on Errant Employers
Sylvia Lim Ang Hin Kee Louis Ng Kok Kwang
+3 more
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development
Difficulty in Selling HDB Flats Due to Ethnic Integration Policy
Lawrence Wong Intan Azura Mokhtar Lim Biow Chuan
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Waiting Time for Childcare Centre Places
Tan Chuan-Jin Ang Hin Kee Lee Bee Wah
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Alternative Care Arrangements when Childcare Centres Close Due to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Tan Chuan-Jin Ang Hin Kee
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport
Increasing Incidence of Drivers Going Against Traffic Flow
Ng Chee Meng Tan Wu Meng Joan Pereira
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Review Maximum Penalty for Driving Against Traffic Flow
Seah Kian Peng Desmond Lee
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Adequate Advance Notice for Families of Death Row Inmates before Executions
Desmond Lee Kok Heng Leun
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Impact on Singapore of US Pull-out from Trans-Pacific Partnership
Randolph Tan Ang Wei Neng Lim Hng Kiang
+4 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Early Warning Systems for Better Management of Flash Floods
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Randolph Tan Ang Wei Neng
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Places for Autistic Students in Special Schools
Janil Puthucheary Zaqy Mohamad Leon Perera
+4 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Eligibility Criteria for Learning Higher Mother Tongue in Primary Schools
Low Thia Khiang Low Yen Ling
Written Answers (78)
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance
Offset from Government Rebates for Utility Bills
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Cost of Reorganising Healthcare Clusters into Three Groups
Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Study on Legislating Eldercare Leave
Kuik Shiao-Yin Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Public Education on Responsible Pet Ownership
Darryl David Seah Kian Peng Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Population Trend for Stray Cats
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Ensuring Safety of Sigma Lifts Installed for HDB Flats
Lawrence Wong Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Incidence of Postal Letters Delivered to Wrong Address
Lee Bee Wah Yaacob Ibrahim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Defence
Periodic Assessment for Service Personnel who Handle Weapons
Randolph Tan Ng Eng Hen
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Awareness among School Leaders for Importance of Tripartism
Ng Chee Meng Zainal Sapari
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Activities to Encourage Secondary School Students to Take Calculated Risks
Lim Wee Kiak Ng Chee Meng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Completion of New Bukit Panjang Polyclinic
Gan Kim Yong Teo Ho Pin
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Prohibit Consumption of Alcohol in Areas Close to Residential Blocks
Darryl David K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Proposal for Child Sex Offenders Registry
Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Care Options for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Whose Parents or Care-givers Have Passed Away
Tan Chuan-Jin Darryl David
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office
Conversion of Government-Paid Adoption Leave to Shared Parental Leave
Teo Chee Hean Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Smokers who Drop Cigarette Butts and Ash from Their Flats
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Tracking of Fogging Operations in Private Condominiums and Landed Estates
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Refund Rate to Customers who Prepaid for Services by Companies which Later Close Down
Lee Bee Wah S Iswaran
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office
Reverse Mortgages for Seniors
Tharman Shanmugaratnam Lim Biow Chuan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Proposal to Nationalise Preschool Education
Kuik Shiao-Yin Ng Chee Meng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
ElderShield Premiums Paid Out Since 2002
Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Anti-terrorism and CPR/AED Training for Public Transport Workers under SG Secure Framework
Melvin Yong Yik Chye K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Investigations into Jallikattu-related Events in Singapore
Pritam Singh K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower
Trend of Women Being Asked by Employers Not to Return to Work after Maternity Leave
Sun Xueling Lim Swee Say
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Measures against Hoarders who Cause Disamenities to Neighbours
Yee Chia Hsing Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Progress on Construction Sector's Productivity Roadmap and Capability Fund
Lawrence Wong Teo Ho Pin
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Efforts to Reintegrate Destitute Persons with Their Families and Society
Tan Chuan-Jin Murali Pillai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Additional Help for People Seeking Social Assistance Given Sluggish Economy
Tan Chuan-Jin Seah Kian Peng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Electricity Prices for Singapore Homes and Businesses Compared to OECD Average
S Iswaran Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Conflict-of-interest Issues in Competition Commission of Singapore's Investigations against Government-linked Companies
Pritam Singh Lim Hng Kiang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Demerit Points for Some Parking Offences
Tan Wu Meng Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
AED Kits on Trains and Buses
Khaw Boon Wan Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Disamenities Caused by Public Events at Bay East Garden
Lawrence Wong Lim Biow Chuan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Number of Unsold Residential Units
Lawrence Wong Intan Azura Mokhtar
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Decision on Driverless Taxis in Singapore
Sun Xueling Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
More Parking Options for Heavy Vehicle Owners
Lawrence Wong Liang Eng Hwa
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Availability of HDB Rental Flats and Rental Flats Converted for Sale
Lawrence Wong Png Eng Huat
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office
Statistics on Licensed Insurance Companies/Agencies from 2007 to 2016
Patrick Tay Teck Guan Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office
Full-time Securities Dealer's Representatives and Remisiers from 2007 to 2016
Patrick Tay Teck Guan Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office
Attendance at Meetings of Presidential Council for Minority Rights from 2012 to 2016
Lee Hsien Loong Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Accessibility of Public Transport for Persons with Disabilities
Khaw Boon Wan Sylvia Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Hybrid Concession and Off-Peak Passes Issued to Public Transport Commuters
Png Eng Huat Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Criteria for Application of Vocational Driving Licence
Khaw Boon Wan Zaqy Mohamad
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Retrenchment Benefits for Workers
K Thanaletchimi Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Insurance Coverage and Compensation for Workplace Injuries
Louis Ng Kok Kwang Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Breakdown of CPF Life Payments from 2011 to 2015
Leon Perera Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Breakdown of Singapore Companies with More than 100 and 1,000 Employees in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015
Sun Xueling Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Minimum Compassionate Leave for Children and Grandchildren
Lim Swee Say Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Processes Involved in Producing Weekly MUIS Friday Prayer Sermon Text
Yaacob Ibrahim Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Appointment Considerations for Heads of Overseas Missions
Vivian Balakrishnan Sylvia Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Usage of Family Visiting Privileges by Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) Inmates
K Shanmugam Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Case of Eight Deported Indonesian ISIS Suspects
Ang Wei Neng K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Prison Inmates with Identified Intellectual Disabilities and Their Recidivism Rate
K Shanmugam Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Law
Application Fee for Enforcement of Money Order Issued by Small Claims Tribunal
K Shanmugam Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Total Subsidised and Private Nursing Home Capacity
Gan Kim Yong Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Additional Nursing Home Beds from 2021 to 2030
Gan Kim Yong Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Extent of Codeine Substance Abuse in Singapore
Desmond Choo Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Impact of Changes to Smoking and Cigarette Sales Laws on Smoking and Smokers
Fatimah Lateef Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Benefits of Integrated Healthcare Clustering
Lee Bee Wah Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Criteria for Auto-renewal of Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) Card
Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Blue and Orange CHAS Cards Issued in 2015 and 2016
Pritam Singh Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Update on SME Working Capital Loan Scheme
S Iswaran Liang Eng Hwa
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
Tax-free Withdrawals from Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) Accounts
Yee Chia Hsing Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Allocation and Utilisation of ActiveSG Funds
Grace Fu Hai Yien Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Breakdown of Expenditure Incurred by Grassroots Organisation Committees for FY2015/16
Png Eng Huat Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Specialist Team for Attempted Suicide Cases
Kok Heng Leun Tan Chuan-Jin
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Nationwide Study on Employment for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs
Tan Chuan-Jin Daniel Goh Pei Siong
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Data on Persons with Disabilities and/or Special Needs in Singapore
Tan Chuan-Jin Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Property/Estate Agencies and Agents Registered in Singapore from 2007 to 2016
Patrick Tay Teck Guan Lawrence Wong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Fake Food Imports Detected
Lee Bee Wah Lawrence Wong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Complaints against Managing Agents of Management Corporations of Strata Titles
Lawrence Wong Zainal Sapari
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Applicants above Income Cap for Rental Flats
Lawrence Wong Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Considerations for Replacement of Bathroom Doors in New HDB Residential Developments
Lawrence Wong Sun Xueling
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Impact of Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) on Community Social Capital
Lawrence Wong Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Management of Food Wastage through Schools and Neighbourhood Communities
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Measures Taken to Manage E-waste
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Chen Show Mao
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Guidelines for Schools on Retention of Prizes Won during Competitions
Ng Chee Meng Zainal Sapari
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Statistics on Time Taken by Institutes of Higher Learning Graduates to Secure Full-time Employment
Desmond Choo Ong Ye Kung