13th Parliament · 2nd Session
Monday, 4 May 2020
Members (94 present, 6 absent)
Present (94)
Alex Yam Amrin Amin
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Health and Home Affairs)
Amy Khor Lean Suan
(Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources and Health)
Ang Hin Kee Ang Wei Neng Anthea Ong Arasu Duraisamy Baey Yam Keng
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Culture, Community and Youth and Transport)
Cedric Foo Chee Keng Chan Chun Sing
(Minister for Trade and Industry)
Charles Chong
(Deputy Speaker)
Chee Hong Tat
(Senior Minister of State for Education and Trade and Industry)
Chen Show Mao Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chia Shi-Lu Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza Daniel Goh Pei Siong Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Desmond Choo Desmond Lee
(Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development and Deputy Leader of the House)
Douglas Foo Edwin Tong Chun Fai
(Senior Minister of State for Health and Law)
Foo Mee Har Gan Kim Yong
(Minister for Health)
Goh Chok Tong Grace Fu Hai Yien
(Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Leader of the House)
Heng Chee How
(Senior Minister of State for Defence)
Heng Swee Keat
(Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance)
Indranee Rajah
(Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Education and Finance)
Intan Azura Mokhtar Janil Puthucheary
(Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Transport and Government Whip)
Jessica Tan Soon Neo Joan Pereira Josephine Teo
(Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs)
K Shanmugam
(Minister for Home Affairs and Law)
Khaw Boon Wan
(Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport)
Koh Poh Koon
(Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry)
Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lam Pin Min
(Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport)
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 Lim Sun Sun Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Yen Ling
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Education and Manpower)
Masagos Zulkifli B M M
(Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs)
Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman
(Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs)
Mohamed Irshad Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Education and Social and Family Development)
Murali Pillai Ng Chee Meng
(Minister, Prime Minister's Office)
Ng Eng Hen
(Minister for Defence)
Ong Teng Koon Ong Ye Kung
(Minister for Education)
Patrick Tay Teck Guan Png Eng Huat Pritam Singh Rahayu Mahzam S Iswaran
(Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations)
Saktiandi Supaat Sam Tan Chin Siong
(Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Social and Family Development)
Seah Kian Peng Sim Ann
(Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Culture, Community and Youth and Deputy Government Whip)
Sitoh Yih Pin Sun Xueling
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Home Affairs and National Development)
Sylvia Lim Tan Chuan-Jin
(Speaker)
Tan Wu Meng
(Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry)
Teo Chee Hean
(Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security)
Teo Ho Pin Teo Ser Luck Terence Ho Wee San Tharman Shanmugaratnam
(Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies)
Tin Pei Ling Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan
(Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Walter Theseira Yaacob Ibrahim Yee Chia Hsing Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad
(Minister of State for Manpower and National Development and Deputy Government Whip)
Motions (4)
Motion
Parliament Proceedings during COVID-19 Pandemic
Motion Ministry of Health
Second Update on Whole-of-Government Response to COVID-19
Gan Kim Yong Leon Perera Png Eng Huat
+14 more
Motion
Rearrangement of Business
Grace Fu Hai Yien
Adjournment Motion
Support For Home-Based Businesses During COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Period
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Intan Azura Mokhtar Zainal Sapari
Bills (6)
1st Reading Ministry of Transport
Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Transport
Active Mobility (Amendment No. 2) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Law
High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Home Affairs
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Social and Family Development
COVID-19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnization and Registration of Marriages) Bill
2nd Reading Ministry of Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Bill
Oral Answers (13)
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Update on Ministry of Health’s Strategies on Managing COVID-19 Cases in Hospitals and Limiting Spread in the Community
Leon Perera Foo Mee Har Chia Shi-Lu
+6 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower
Update on Management of COVID-19 Impact on Employment of Fresh Graduates, General Workforce and Foreign Worker Dormitories
Ang Wei Neng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Liang Eng Hwa
+9 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance
Rationale for Extending Wage Subsidies under Jobs Support Scheme as COVID-19 Measures to Company Shareholders Employed as Directors
Gan Thiam Poh Murali Pillai Heng Swee Keat
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance
Extension of $300 Government Payout to Long-Term Visit Pass Plus Holders who are Spouses of Singaporeans as COVID-19 Measures
Heng Swee Keat Murali Pillai
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Number of Singaporeans and PRs who Have Applied for Temporary Relief Fund for COVID-19 Situation
Cheng Li Hui Sam Tan Chin Siong
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Assistance for Rough Sleepers and Measures to Help Them Cope with COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Conditions
Desmond Lee Murali Pillai Louis Ng Kok Kwang
+2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Actions to Track Originators of Fake News of Partial Lockdown
Lim Biow Chuan Amrin Amin Rahayu Mahzam
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Proposal for Guidelines to be Given to Third Party Food Delivery Companies to Charge F&B Businesses Smaller Commissions
Foo Mee Har Chee Hong Tat
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Number of Essential Services Companies Allowed to Operate during COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Period
Ang Wei Neng Chan Chun Sing Sylvia Lim
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Impact of Government’s COVID-19 Financing Schemes on Businesses
Patrick Tay Teck Guan Ong Ye Kung Foo Mee Har
+1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Delayed Graduation Ceremonies for ITE, Polytechnic and University Graduands Affected by COVID-19 Situation
Low Yen Ling Liang Eng Hwa
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Number of Students Allowed to Return to School for Support with Technology-based Learning during COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Period
Rahayu Mahzam Denise Phua Lay Peng Indranee Rajah
+1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Reports of Fake News Related to COVID-19
S Iswaran Tin Pei Ling
Written Answers (25)
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Complaints about Betting Messages Sent to Mobile Phone Subscribers
S Iswaran Joan Pereira
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance
Extension of Rental Waivers to Sub-tenants and Licensees at Government-owned Properties
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Training for Safe Distancing Ambassadors and Safe Distancing Measures after COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Period
Rahayu Mahzam Cheng Li Hui Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Singapore’s Plans for Economy as Other Countries Gradually Reopen Their Economies
Chan Chun Sing Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Government's Stance on Changing One’s Sexual Orientation through "Conversion Therapy"
Gan Kim Yong Anthea Ong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Law
Exemption of Listed Developers with Minor Foreign Shareholders from Qualifying Certificate Scheme
K Shanmugam Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Adequacy of Current Number of Qualified Lift Technicians to Meet Requirements in Enhanced Regulatory Framework for Lift Maintenance Industry
Zainal Sapari Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Inspection of Older HDB Main Doors Installed Before Weather Pattern Changes to Test Their Adequacy to Withstand Elements
Lawrence Wong Joan Pereira
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Quantum of Grants Disbursed under Seniors Mobility Fund and Re-Application for Replacement of Mobility Devices
Chia Shi-Lu Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
Quantum of Wage Subsidies for Service Industries/Companies of Hotels Deriving 100% of Business from Hotels
Heng Swee Keat Gan Thiam Poh
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Measures to Ensure Safe Distancing on Public Transport during Circuit Breaker Period and Thereafter
Cheng Li Hui Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer Ministry of Law
Efforts to Assist Those Affected by COVID-19 Crisis Needing Urgent Legal Advice in Light of Circuit Breaker and Suspension of Physical Legal Clinics
Rahayu Mahzam K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Breakdown and Rationale of Funds Allocated for Suicide Prevention Services on Annual Basis
Gan Kim Yong Anthea Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Financial Assistance for Essential Outpatient and Inpatient Medical Treatment and Plans to Liberalise Use of MediSave and MediFund on Account of COVID-19 Outbreak
Chia Shi-Lu Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Annual Revenue Generated by Private Security Sector and Value-add Per Worker for 2015 to 2018 and Total Industry Revenue of Security Technology Firms for 2018 and 2019
Chan Chun Sing Zainal Sapari
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Interest Rates for Loans Offered to SMEs under Government Risk Sharing Schemes vis-à-vis Commercial Rates
Leon Perera Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Anticipated and Actual Impact of Circuit Breaker on Economy, Possible Trigger for Another Circuit Breaker and Singapore's Preparedness
Chan Chun Sing Cheng Li Hui
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Statistics on Public Rental Flat Tenancy Terminations, Downgrades to Smaller Rental Flats, Eligibility Criteria for Assistance Measures and Demographics of Recipient Households in Last Three Years
Lawrence Wong Anthea Ong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Better Support for Essential Service Workers Living Outside Dormitories During COVID-19 Outbreak
Lawrence Wong Denise Phua Lay Peng
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Additional Plans to Bring Down High Number of Dengue Cases in Order not to Overwhelm Healthcare System Fighting Against COVID-19 Outbreak
Murali Pillai Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Measures to Enhance Cybersecurity for School Websites and Online Home-based Learning
Ong Ye Kung Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Need to Advertise in Jobs Bank for 14 Days Prior to Hiring of Personalised Employment Pass Holders and Rationale for Non-advertisement
Josephine Teo Leon Perera
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Number and Ratio of Social Workers-to-Client in Each Family Service Centre in Last Three Years and Measures to Cope with Sudden Increase in Caseload in Times of Crisis
Desmond Lee Anthea Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Applications Approved, Help Given Through ComCare to Unsuccessful Applicants and Fraudulent Applications Detected for Temporary Relief Fund as at 30 April 2020
Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Eligibility of Lower and Middle Income Singaporeans for COVID-19 Support Grant whose Employment Offers were Revoked Due to Outbreak
Murali Pillai Desmond Lee