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14th Parliament · 1st Session

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Members (91 present, 12 absent)

Present (91)

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 Sustainability and the Environment and Minister for Transport) Carrie Tan Chan Chun Sing (Minister for Education) Chee Hong Tat (Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport) Cheng Hsing Yao Cheng Li Hui 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, Prime Minister's Office) Don Wee Eric Chua (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Minister for 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) Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lawrence Wong (Deputy Prime Minister and 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) 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 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 Eng Hen (Minister for Defence) Ng Ling Ling Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Health) Patrick Tay Teck Guan Poh Li San Pritam Singh (Leader of the Opposition) Rachel Ong Rahayu Mahzam (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Minister for Law) Raj Joshua Thomas S Iswaran (Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations) Saktiandi Supaat Shahira Abdullah Sharael Taha 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 Home Affairs and Social and Family Development) Sylvia Lim Tan Kiat How (Senior 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 Teo Chee Hean (Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) 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 (12)

Motions (1)

Bills (3)

Oral Answers (14)

Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Length of Service of Foreign Nurses Employed at Restructured Hospitals

Rahayu Mahzam Louis Ng Kok Kwang Leong Mun Wai
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Educating Foreign Workers on Available Channels to Settle Wage Disputes and Laws against Illegal Assembly

Lim Biow Chuan Zaqy Mohamad Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Inspections to Proactively Identify Rental Flats that Require Repairs or Maintenance

Denise Phua Lay Peng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Ang Wei Neng
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Recycling Rate Targets by Waste Type

Amy Khor Lean Suan Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Oral Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Educating Businesses on Protection of Customers' Data and Enhancing Punishment Against Hacking

Lim Biow Chuan Tan Kiat How
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Insurance Claims Declined due to Difference in Definition of Medical Terms

Tan Wu Meng Rahayu Mahzam
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Complaints of Noise and Smell from Live Chickens in HDB and Private Residential Estates

Ang Wei Neng Jamus Jerome Lim Tan Kiat How +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Subsidies and Accreditation for Singapore International Schools Sited Outside Singapore

Gan Siow Huang Jamus Jerome Lim
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Infrastructural Plans for Increased Reliance on Low-carbon Hydrogen Fuel

Low Yen Ling Lim Wee Kiak
Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office

Monetary Policy and Targeted Measures to Rein in Food and Accommodation Prices

Yip Hon Weng Leong Mun Wai Alvin Tan +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Law

Public Trustee's Role in Assisting Caregivers of Individuals without Lasting Powers of Attorney to Access Government Grants

Murali Pillai Rahayu Mahzam
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Reports on and Penalties for Employers who Make CPF Contributions to "Phantom Workers"

Gerald Giam Yean Song Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Safeguards against Volatility of Energy Prices under Revised Electricity Market Structure

Yip Hon Weng Low Yen Ling
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Allowing Singles or Estranged Persons to Live Alone Instead of Requiring Co-tenants for HDB Rental Flats

Denise Phua Lay Peng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim

Written Answers (26)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Release of Latest Guidelines by National Wages Council and Impact on Recent Revision to Civil Servants' Salaries

Chan Chun Sing Ang Wei Neng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Government Expenditure in Support of Hospitals' Care Ambassador Positions Filled by Aviation Flight Crew

Ong Ye Kung Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Review of Section 366(2)(i) of Companies Act 1967

Lawrence Wong Murali Pillai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Cases of and Penalties for Employers Found to Have Illegally Recovered Employment Costs from Foreign Workers

Tan See Leng Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Relevance of Redundancy Insurance

Tan See Leng Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

HDB Flat Owners who are Occupiers in Their Flats and Yet Own Private Properties or Rent Out Bedrooms in Their Flats

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Buses and Drivers Required to Transport Workers in Buses Instead of Lorries

S Iswaran Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Rollout of Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste in Singapore

Grace Fu Hai Yien Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

HDB Flats Rented Out by Owners Residing Overseas and Locally

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Financial Impact on Businesses Given New Target to Reach Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

Yip Hon Weng Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Approvals for Permanent Resident Households to Rent Out Bedrooms in HDB Flats

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Law

Ensuring Fair Outcomes for Individuals Facing Corporate Claims at Small Claims Tribunal

Tan Wu Meng K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Budgeting for Infrastructure to Cope with Rising Sea Levels and Climate Change

Lawrence Wong Christopher de Souza
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Total Chargeable Income for Companies by Earning Brackets

Lawrence Wong Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Impact of Malaysia's Intended Legal Action at ICJ on Singapore's Development Plans In and Around Pedra Branca

Gerald Giam Yean Song Vivian Balakrishnan
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Current and Year-to-date Marginal Cost and Long-run Marginal Cost of Producing Electricity

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Electricity Power Generation Capacity

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Review of Motorcycle COE Quota Limit

S Iswaran Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Technological and Engineering Advances Utilised to Tackle Rising Sea Levels

Christopher de Souza Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Support for Agri-tech Startups and SMEs to Enhance Food Security and Resilience

Christopher de Souza Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Enrolment in Enhanced School Resourcing Programme

Chan Chun Sing Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Including Mandatory Treatment Order in Sentencing Options for Animal Cruelty and Abuse Cases

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Highest Rental Registered Annually for Whole HDB Flat by Type and Location

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Past and Projected Data on Attribution of HDB Housing Demand

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Extension of One-year Period for Reimbursement of HDB Upgrading Subsidy for Singapore Permanent Residents

Murali Pillai Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Migrant Domestic Workers Hired at Concessionary Levy Rate in Last Five Years

Tan See Leng He Ting Ru