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14th Parliament · 1st Session

Friday, 18 February 2022

Members (98 present, 5 absent)

Present (98)

Abdul Samad Alex Yam Alvin Tan (Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry) Amy Khor Lean Suan (Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment and Transport) Ang Wei Neng Baey Yam Keng (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport) Carrie Tan Chan Chun Sing (Minister for Education) Chee Hong Tat (Senior Minister of State for Transport) Cheng Hsing Yao Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza (Deputy Speaker) Chua Kheng Wee Louis Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Derrick Goh Desmond Choo Desmond Lee (Minister for National Development, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration) Desmond Tan (Minister of State for Home Affairs and Sustainability and the Environment) Don Wee Edward Chia Bing Hui Edwin Tong Chun Fai (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law) Eric Chua (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development) Foo Mee Har Gan Kim Yong (Minister for Trade and Industry) Gan Siow Huang (Minister of State for Education and Manpower) Gan Thiam Poh Gerald Giam Yean Song Grace Fu Hai Yien (Minister for Sustainability and the Environment) Hany Soh Hazel Poa He Ting Ru Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State for Defence) Heng Swee Keat (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies) Hoon Hian Teck Indranee Rajah (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and National Development and Leader of the House) Jamus Jerome Lim Janet Ang Janil Puthucheary (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health and Government Whip) Jessica Tan Soon Neo (Deputy Speaker) Joan Pereira Josephine Teo (Minister for Communications and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs) K Shanmugam (Minister for Home Affairs and Law) Koh Lian Pin Koh Poh Koon (Senior Minister of State for Health and Manpower) Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lawrence Wong (Minister for Finance) Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister) Leon Perera Leong Mun Wai Liang Eng Hwa Lim Biow Chuan Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Yen Ling (Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry) Mariam Jaafar Mark Chay Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for Social and Family Development, Second Minister for Health and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs) Mohd Fahmi Aliman Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development) Murali Pillai Nadia Ahmad Samdin Ng Ling Ling Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Health) Poh Li San Pritam Singh (Leader of the Opposition) Rachel Ong Rahayu Mahzam (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications and Information and Minister for Health) Raj Joshua Thomas S Iswaran (Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations) Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng Shahira Abdullah Sharael Taha Shawn Huang Wei Zhong Sim Ann (Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and National Development and Deputy Government Whip) Sitoh Yih Pin Sun Xueling (Minister of State for Education and Social and Family Development) Sylvia Lim Tan Kiat How (Minister of State for Communications and Information and National Development) Tan See Leng (Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry) Tan Wu Meng Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies) Tin Pei Ling Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Wan Rizal Xie Yao Quan Yeo Wan Ling Yip Hon Weng Zaqy Mohamad (Senior Minister of State for Defence and Manpower and Deputy Leader of the House) Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim

Absent (5)

Motions (1)

Oral Answers (19)

Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Divorce and Child Custody Cases where Allegations of Child Abuse to Prevent Access were Proven False in Last Three Years

Sun Xueling Hany Soh Carrie Tan
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Income Data of Long-term Unemployed Population with Breakdown by Income Group in Past Three Years and Help Measures Planned

Tan See Leng Leon Perera Jamus Jerome Lim
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Resignation Rate among Singaporean Employees in Last Two Years

Tan See Leng Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Impact of Rise in Hybrid Working Arrangements on CPF Contributions

Tan See Leng Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Take-up Rate of Trust Services for Persons with Disabilities from Low- and Middle-income Families

Murali Pillai Eric Chua
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Effects of Impending Winding up of Dream Cruises and Genting Hong Kong Ltd and Measures to Mitigate Negative Impact on Singapore as Cruise Hub

Alvin Tan Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Oral Answer Ministry of Law

Proceedings under Section 4 of Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 for Cases of Smoking Near Balconies or Windows in Homes

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Specifying Fixed No-smoking Radius around Playgrounds

Amy Khor Lean Suan Edward Chia Bing Hui
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Requests by Homeless and Rough Sleepers for Temporary Accommodation or Shelters in 2021 and Options Available

Eric Chua Seah Kian Peng Edward Chia Bing Hui
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Visitation Policies for Visits to Severely Ill Patients in Hospitals and Care Homes

Janil Puthucheary Leon Perera
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Assistance for Companies Considering Implementing Shorter Work Weeks

Yip Hon Weng Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Incidents of Deliberate Laser Point Beam Strikes at Pedestrians and Motor Vehicle Users Reported in Past Five Years

Tan Wu Meng Desmond Tan
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Designated Centres or Clinics for Residents to Check Suitability for COVID-19 Vaccinations

Gan Thiam Poh Janil Puthucheary
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Singaporean Students and Educational Institution Staff Using Boarding School or Institution as Registered NRIC Address and Their Continued Access to Government Schemes or Services

Tan Wu Meng Sun Xueling
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Salary Disputes Arising from Imposition of Self-Isolation without Medical Certificates under COVID-19 Protocol 2 and Plans to Assist Affected Workers

Tan Wu Meng Xie Yao Quan Koh Poh Koon
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Rationale for Legislating and Making High-rise Littering an Offence Despite Inherent Difficulty in Enforcement

Amy Khor Lean Suan Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office

Regulating Imposition of Credit Card Fees by Banks

Lim Biow Chuan Alvin Tan
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Use and Deployment of Israeli Company QuaDream's Spyware or Other Technologies in Singapore

Sylvia Lim Leon Perera Desmond Tan +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Update on Cyber Security Agency's Investigations into Computer Security Initiative Consultancy

Janil Puthucheary He Ting Ru

Written Answers (19)

Written Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Progress Update on Situation in Myanmar

Christopher de Souza Vivian Balakrishnan
Written Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ASEAN's Approach to Combating Rise in Drug Production and Trade in Myanmar and Efforts to Halt Its Export to Surrounding Nations

Christopher de Souza Vivian Balakrishnan
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Fire Fatalities in Past Five Years and Extending Installation of Home Fire Alarm Device to All HDB Residential Units

K Shanmugam Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Issuance of Certificates of Substantial Assistance by Public Prosecutor to Persons Convicted under Section 33B(2)(b) of Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 Since 1 January 2013

K Shanmugam Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Convictions for Offences of Murder under Section 300(b), (c) or (d) of Penal Code 1871 Since 1 January 2013

K Shanmugam Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Applications to Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal in 2020 and 2021 and Their Outcomes

Gerald Giam Yean Song K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Study on Possibility of Trade Associations and Chambers Playing Greater Role in Supporting Sole Proprietors of Micro SMEs in Landlord-tenant Disputes

Tan Wu Meng Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Cause of Delay in Refuse and Recyclables Collection in Woodlands, Yishun, Sembawang, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang and Ang Mo Kio by New Contractor

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Monitoring of Companies' Compliance with Mandatory Packaging Reporting Requirements

Grace Fu Hai Yien Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Empowering Public in Role as First Responder or as Part of Peer Support Group to Help Detect and Assist Survivors of Family Violence in Community

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Assistance Available to Charities Running Shelters or Homes in Their Implementation of COVID-19-related Safe Management Measures in Premises

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Median Length of Service of Social Workers Working with Single Family Service Centre and Multiple Family Service Centres in Each of Past Five Years

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Percentages of Preschools Providing Development Support-Learning Support Programme and Inclusive Support Programme

Gerald Giam Yean Song Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Private Estate Residents Seeking Help from Building and Construction Authority to Resolve Conflicts and Safety Concerns from Airspace Encroachment in Past Two Years

Yip Hon Weng Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

HDB Project Delays Caused by Contractors Facing Financial Difficulty Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic and Measures Taken

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Prices of HDB Flats for First-time Buyers Before and After Subsidies and Their Average Household Income in Past 10 Years

Leon Perera Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

HDB Units Sold with Recess Areas before 2005 and Now Deemed Not Allowable and Plans to Retrofit Affected Units to Ensure Compliance with Current Safety Guidelines

Leon Perera Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Take-up Rate of Portable Medical Benefits Scheme and Plans to Encourage More Employers to Participate

Tan See Leng Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Data on Companies Offering Right to Work from Home after Government's Decision to Allow 50% to Return to Office from January 2022

Tan See Leng Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Clarifications (2)