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14th Parliament · 1st Session

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Members (96 present, 7 absent)

Present (96)

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 Cheryl Chan Wei Ling 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 Edward Chia Bing Hui 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) Koh Poh Koon (Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Sustainability and the Environment) 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) 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 Mohd Fahmi Aliman 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) S Iswaran (Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations) Saktiandi Supaat 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 Home Affairs and Social and Family Development) Sylvia Lim Tan Chuan-Jin (Speaker) 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 Tan Yia Swam Teo Chee Hean (Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) 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 (7)

Bills (3)

Oral Answers (18)

Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Mortality Rate and Serious Complications amongst Singaporeans who Suffer COVID-19 Reinfections

Ong Ye Kung Gan Thiam Poh Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Reports of Platform Workers Suffering Injuries in Course of Work

Tan Wu Meng Koh Poh Koon Liang Eng Hwa
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Spouses of HDB Flat or Executive Condominium Owners who Have Bought Private Properties

Gan Thiam Poh
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Data for Full-time Trained and Untrained School Counsellors

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Time Taken for Anti-Scam Centre to Investigate Cases

Gerald Giam Yean Song Sun Xueling Jamus Jerome Lim
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Allocation of Percentage of HDB Community Care Apartments for Seniors to Suitable Younger Persons with Disabilities

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

Number of Consumers Enjoying Tax Rebates under Commercial Vehicle Emissions Scheme

Baey Yam Keng Lim Wee Kiak
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Data on Families Owning More than One Car

S Iswaran Gerald Giam Yean Song
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Educating First-time Home Buyers or Sellers on Non-exclusive Agreements

Tan Wu Meng Tan Kiat How
Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office

Availability and Resiliency of Government's Digital Services

Janil Puthucheary Shawn Huang Wei Zhong
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

IT System Outages in Local Public Healthcare Institutions and Measures to Ensure Resiliency under Healthier SG

Lim Wee Kiak Janil Puthucheary
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Factors that May Impede Adoption of Electric Vehicles

S Iswaran Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Length of Review Period for Households on ComCare Short-to-Medium-Term Assistance Programmes

Murali Pillai Eric Chua
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Protection of Interests of Sub-accounts in Enhanced Central Intermediary Scheme for Excess Solar Power Flowed Back to Grid

Low Yen Ling Edward Chia Bing Hui
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Impact of High-rise Schools on Children's Social Interactions and Development

Tan Wu Meng Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Recent Workplace Safety Offences and Incidence of Repeat Offenders

Melvin Yong Yik Chye Zaqy Mohamad
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Review of Monthly Household-income Ceiling for Prospective Buyers of BTO Flats and Executive Condominiums

Ang Wei Neng Indranee Rajah
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance

Windfall Taxes on Energy Companies in Light of Their Record Profits

Chee Hong Tat Chua Kheng Wee Louis Jamus Jerome Lim

Written Answers (50)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Owners of HDB Shophouses who Rent Out Their Units

Gerald Giam Yean Song Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

SkillsFuture Accreditation for Tertiary Education Providers and Instructors

Jamus Jerome Lim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Streamlining Process for Online Application of HDB Flats with Real-time Information and Level of Subsidy for Each Applicant

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Trends for Children Remaining in Places of Safety, and in Boys' Home and Girls' Home

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Lowering Singapore's Voting Age to 18

Gerald Giam Yean Song Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Conflicts in Execution between Singapore and Foreign Lasting Power of Attorney

Saktiandi Supaat Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Retention of Manual Payment Methods for Seniors

Josephine Teo Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Using MediSave to Pay for Monthly Renal Dialysis Treatment

Ong Ye Kung Murali Pillai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Phasing Out Paper Receipts to Reduce Paper Waste

Melvin Yong Yik Chye Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Temasek Holdings and GIC's Financial Losses from Investing in Cryptocurrency Platform FTX

Lawrence Wong He Ting Ru Hazel Poa
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Tracking of Dugong Population and Efforts to Conserve Its Numbers

Leon Perera Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Plans to Maintain Dynamism in Tech Industry amidst Layoffs

He Ting Ru Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Encouraging Students to go on Overseas Study Trips, Exchanges and Internship Programmes Post COVID-19

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Update on Lamppost-as-a-Platform Project

Josephine Teo Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

S Pass Holders' Highest Educational Qualifications

Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Communication of NParks' Environmental Impact Assessments to Project Developers

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Discouraging Excessive Sale of Cars by Disallowing Conversion of Rental Cars to Private Cars and Practices to Bypass Car Loan Curbs

S Iswaran Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Preserving and Expanding Mangrove Ecosystems under OneMillionTrees Movement

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Separate Contracts for Maintenance of Footpaths, Green Spaces and Drains Located within Same Area

Murali Pillai Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Factors Driving Demand and COE Prices for Categories B, D and E Vehicles

S Iswaran Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Activation of Emergency Stop Plungers at MRT Stations

S Iswaran Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Update on Performance of ServiceSG Centres

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Plan to Better Protect Gig Workers and Measures to Balance Interests of Gig Work Organisations, Gig Workers and Consumers

Tan See Leng Ang Wei Neng
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Upcoming Development Plans to Ensure Dynamic Singapore Initial Public Offering Market

Tharman Shanmugaratnam Shawn Huang Wei Zhong
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Change in Share of Private Residential Properties and HDB Flats with Outstanding Mortgage Loans Since 2008 Global Financial Crisis

Tharman Shanmugaratnam Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Measures to Support and Enhance Mental Wellness of Public Officers

Tan Wu Meng Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Update on Review of Streamlined Enforcement Framework for Civil Judgments

K Shanmugam Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Provision for Summary Determination and Disposal of Vexatious Claims under Supreme Court (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021

K Shanmugam Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Update on Status of Road Noise Barrier and Low-noise Road Surfacing Trials

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Reports of Traffic Accidents Involving Foreign-registered Vehicles and Assistance Rendered to Drivers Who Lodged Claims against Foreign Motorists

S Iswaran Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Colour Temperature of Singapore's Street Lighting and Feasibility of Warmer White Lighting for Street Lamps on Minor Roads

S Iswaran Leon Perera
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Government Assistance for Ride-sharing Initiative for Commercial Vehicles

Saktiandi Supaat S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Increase in Electricity and Fuel Costs for Public Transport Operators Year-to-date and Expected Proportion Offset by Subsidies

He Ting Ru S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Guidelines for Early-contract Termination Clauses for Taxicabs and Private Hire Cars due to Unforeseen Circumstances

Jamus Jerome Lim S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Update on Fresh Chicken Supply from Malaysia and Expected Imports from Indonesia

Gerald Giam Yean Song Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Data on Students who Sought Counselling Support from Their Schools

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Criteria for Students Previously Enrolled in International Schools to Enrol in MOE Schools at a Comparable Grade Level upon Their Return

Jamus Jerome Lim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Statistics on Children and Young Persons who Entered a Place of Safety from 2018 to 2021 and Subsequently Entered a Boys' Home, Girls' Home or Prison

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Medical Clinic Licenses Granted in Past Three Years and Making Participation in Healthier SG a Prerequisite

Ong Ye Kung Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Consultation with User Groups when Reviewing Code on Accessibility in Built Environment

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

Annual Breakdown of HDB Flats Purchased by Age and Flat-type from 2010

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Breakdown of Average Discount Applied to New HDB BTO Flats in Mature and Non-mature Estates in Last Five Years

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Outcome of Review of Master Developer for Kampong Bugis White Site and Expected Launch Dates of Sites at Kampong Bugis, Holland Plain and Bayshore

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Assessment of Risk and Impact of Quantum Computing Technology and Efforts to Ensure Encrypted Digital Records and Communications Networks Remain Secure

Tan Wu Meng Josephine Teo
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Workers with letter of Consent Employed in Jobs with Job Scope or Salary Equivalent to Pass Holders

Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Data on Former Employment Pass Holders Who Were Subsequently Granted S Pass since 2010

Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Breakdown of Employment and S Pass Holders by Occupation Classification

Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Requirement and Regulation of Food Caterers for Migrant Workers in Small Dormitories with Less Than 1,000 Beds

Tan See Leng Rachel Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Number of Workers in Technology Sector Retrenched in 2022 and Impact of Global Layoffs on Technology Employment Landscape

Melvin Yong Yik Chye Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Data on Singaporeans and Non-Singaporeans Made Redundant from Tech Firms in 2022

Tan See Leng He Ting Ru