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13th Parliament · 2nd Session

Friday, 5 June 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) Gan Thiam Poh 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) 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 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 Yip Pin Xiu Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad (Minister of State for Manpower and National Development and Deputy Government Whip)

Absent (6)

Motions (4)

Bills (2)

Oral Answers (12)

Oral Answer Ministry of Defence

Arrangements for National Day Parade 2020

Leon Perera Cheng Li Hui Ng Eng Hen +2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Profile of People who Downloaded TraceTogether App

Vivian Balakrishnan Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Vikram Nair +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Coordinated Efforts to Connect Graduates with Enterprises for Employment Opportunities

Cheng Li Hui Ong Ye Kung
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance

Government's Procurement of Goods and Services during COVID-19 Pandemic

Walter Theseira Indranee Rajah
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance

Rules on Loans Extended by Temasek Holdings, GIC or Their Subsidiaries to Large Corporations

Leon Perera Indranee Rajah
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Procurement Arrangements for Construction of Government Quarantine Facilities, Community Recovery Facilities and Community Care Facilities

Pritam Singh Lawrence Wong Walter Theseira
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Benefits to Wildlife from Reduction in Frequency of Green Verge Maintenance along Public Roads and Paths during COVID-19 Circuit Breaker

Walter Theseira Sun Xueling
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Number of Business Closures and Formations since Start of Circuit Breaker

Saktiandi Supaat Chee Hong Tat
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Industries that Businesses and Workforce should Pivot to Post-COVID-19

Tin Pei Ling Chee Hong Tat Seah Kian Peng
Oral Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Data Usage Pattern since Start of COVID-19 and Adequacy of Digital Infrastructure

Tin Pei Ling Janil Puthucheary
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

COVID-19 Swab Tests for VWO Staff Looking after Elderly

Joan Pereira Amy Khor Lean Suan
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Visitation Rights for Residents in Nursing Homes After 1 June

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Amy Khor Lean Suan

Written Answers (22)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Applications Received and Approved for Self-employed Income Relief Scheme

Josephine Teo Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

One-off Extension of Hospitalisation Insurance Policies to Cover Elective Surgeries Postponed due to COVID-19

Tharman Shanmugaratnam Sylvia Lim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Review of Convertible Bonds for Retail Investors

Walter Theseira Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Implementation Dates of CareShield Life and MediSave Care

Chia Shi-Lu Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Measures to Boost Immunity and Increase Awareness for Strengthening of Personal Immunity

Chong Kee Hiong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Medical Consensus on Blood Clotting Abnormalities in COVID-19 Patients

Gan Kim Yong Anthea Ong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Mental Healthcare Provisions for Work Permit Holders

Josephine Teo Anthea Ong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Measures and Penalties to Ensure Dormitory Operators and Landlords Comply with Requirements for Communal Living

Josephine Teo Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Monitoring Payment Modes of Salaries to Foreign Workers Living in Dormitories

Josephine Teo Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Rehoming and Implementing Controls over Euthanising Healthy Dogs or Cats

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Reports of Spalling Concrete in Owned and Rental HDB Flats in Last Three Years

Lawrence Wong Joan Pereira
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Disease-testing for Wild-caught Soft-shelled Turtles Imported for Consumption

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Impact of Recent Commodity Trade "Blow-ups" on Singapore's Reputation as Commodity Trading Hub and Need to Strengthen Regulatory Frameworks

Chan Chun Sing Saktiandi Supaat
Written Answer Ministry of Defence

Funds and Time Required in Packing and Distributing NDP Funpacks This Year and Process to Opt Out of Receiving Funpacks

Ng Eng Hen Anthea Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Extent of Information Used for Contact Tracing from SafeEntry System for Recent COVID-19 Incidents

Leon Perera Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Ensuring Public Safety when Seeking Mental Healthcare Services and Standards of Practice within the Mental Healthcare Profession

Yip Pin Xiu Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Organisations and Personnel with Access to Parliament Livestream

Leon Perera S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Installation of Metal Window Grilles for HDB Flats to Enhance Safety for Young Children and Elderly

Lawrence Wong Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Study on Safety Measures Taken by Other Countries upon Reopening of Parks and Nature Areas

Cheng Li Hui Lawrence Wong
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Statistics on Complaints Received by Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) in Areas of Wrongful Dismissal, Retrenchment and Contractual Termination

Josephine Teo Patrick Tay Teck Guan
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Consequences for and Enforcement Against Employers Who Have Not Made Declaration for Salary Payment Electronically

Josephine Teo Anthea Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Gender-disaggregated Data on Job and Income Losses during COVID-19 Outbreak Period

Josephine Teo Yip Pin Xiu