14th Parliament · 2nd Session
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Members (89 present, 9 absent)
Present (89)
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
(Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance)
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza
(Deputy Speaker)
Chua Kheng Wee Louis 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 Edwin Tong Chun Fai
(Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law)
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 and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations)
He Ting Ru Heng Chee How
(Senior Minister of State for Defence)
Indranee Rajah
(Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and National Development and Leader of the House)
Janil Puthucheary
(Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health and Government Whip)
Jessica Tan Soon Neo
(Deputy Speaker)
Josephine Teo
(Minister for Communications and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs)
K Shanmugam
(Minister for Home Affairs and Law)
Keith Chua 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)
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 Lee 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 Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
(Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development)
Murali Pillai Nadia Ahmad Samdin Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant Ng Eng Hen
(Minister for Defence)
Ng Ling Ling Ong Hua Han 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 Razwana Begum Abdul Rahim Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng
(Speaker)
See Jinli Jean 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 Syed Harun Alhabsyi 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 Usha Chandradas Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan
(Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Wan Rizal 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
Bills (4)
1st Reading Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill
1st Reading Ministry of Transport
Transport Sector (Critical Firms) Bill
2nd Reading Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill
2nd Reading Ministry of Home Affairs
Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Bill
Oral Answers (19)
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Affordable Health Planning Programmes for Adult Singaporeans
Rahayu Mahzam See Jinli Jean
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Number of Telemedicine Service Providers and Take-up Rate for Their Services
Janil Puthucheary Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport
Targets for and Tracking of Adoption of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Chee Hong Tat
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development
Job, Business and Income Information Required by HDB for Housing Loan Applications
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Tan Kiat How
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Encouraging Prospective Tertiary Students to Pursue Careers in Special Needs Education
Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Update on Transition Framework for Carbon Tax
Tan See Leng He Ting Ru
Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore's Regulatory Oversight of Central Depository and its Obligations towards Individual Customers
Alvin Tan Tan Wu Meng
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Potential Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health
Amy Khor Lean Suan Tan Wu Meng
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Take-up Rates at School-based and Community-based Student Care Centres
Liang Eng Hwa Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower
Disability Sector Representatives in Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness
Koh Poh Koon Rachel Ong
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development
Data on Appeal Rates for All HDB Schemes
Liang Eng Hwa Sim Ann
Oral Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Ensuring Public Access to Golfing Facilities Given Closure of All Public Golf Courses by 2024
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Eric Chua
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Trend in Number of Artificial Intelligence Voice-cloning Scams
Gerald Giam Yean Song Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Differences in Employment and Salary Outcomes for Graduates from Different University Courses
See Jinli Jean Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Stockpiling Uranium to Secure Energy Sources for Shift Towards Nuclear Energy
Tan See Leng Gerald Giam Yean Song
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Impact on Vehicular Flow following New Registration and Security Measures at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre
Koh Poh Koon Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Adding Outdoor and Indoor Sports Halls of Institutes of Technical Education and Institutes of Higher Learning to Dual-Use Scheme
See Jinli Jean Gan Siow Huang
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower
Review of Minimum Annual Leave Entitlement of Seven Days under Employment Act
Louis Ng Kok Kwang Koh Poh Koon
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development
Availability of Cat-breeding Locations for Rent
Leong Mun Wai Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Written Answers (43)
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Proposal for Public Consultation on Singapore's Updated Nationally Determined Contributions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Grace Fu Hai Yien He Ting Ru
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Projected Cost of Hosting 2026 Commonwealth Games by Singapore
Leong Mun Wai Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Inclusion of More Private Sector Clinics in Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children
Yip Hon Weng Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Data on Racial Groups of Families in Public Rental Flats who Became HDB Flat Owners from 2014 to 2023
Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Proposal for Ban on Remote Electric Shock Collars for Animals
Desmond Lee Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
HDB's Considerations for Housing Loan Applications and Loan Quantums
Desmond Lee Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Age-appropriate Financial Literacy Programmes in Schools
Chan Chun Sing Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Considerations for When to Press Charges for Ill-treatment of Young Persons by Causing Emotional Harm
Louis Ng Kok Kwang K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Circumstances Leading to Omission of Sentence in Electronic Lasting Power of Attorney Document
Tan Wu Meng Masagos Zulkifli B M M Usha Chandradas
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Joint Site Inspections before Handover of Duties for Maintenance of HDB Blocks' Parking and Common Spaces
Desmond Lee Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Revival of Annual Competitions or Festivals for Urban and Built Environment
Desmond Lee He Ting Ru
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Installation of Lifts at Pedestrian Overhead Bridge along Sengkang East Drive and Installing Lifts at More Bridges
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office
Maximum Allowable Interest Rates and Late Payment Fees for Bank and Non-bank Financial Institution Loans in Singapore
Lawrence Wong He Ting Ru
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
Assessing CDC Voucher Impact and Potential Reforms Based on Equity and Individual Needs
Lawrence Wong Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Rehabilitation Efforts for Self-Radicalised Individuals
Christopher de Souza K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Measures to Curb Recreational Drug Abuse
Christopher de Souza K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Investigation into Falsely Inflated Circulation Numbers at Singapore Press Holdings
Leong Mun Wai K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Human Trafficking Situation in Singapore and Measures to Deter Offences
Christopher de Souza K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Statistics of Births by Maternal Age Groups Over Past Five Years
Louis Ng Kok Kwang K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Data on Reasons for Increase in Suicides Among Persons Aged 60 and Above and Links to Financial Stresses
K Shanmugam Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Overpayment Instances to Ministry Staff via VITAL's Payroll and Claims Services Over Last Three Years
K Shanmugam He Ting Ru
Written Answer Ministry of Law
Continued Availability of Plea Bargains After Published Guidelines on Reduction in Sentences for Guilty Pleas
K Shanmugam Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Impact of Tourism Development Fund on Worker Training and Job Placement and Projected Number of Jobs Created
See Jinli Jean Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Potential Cross-country Collaboration to Construct Pipelines for Transporting Hydrogen Based on Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Capacity and Performance of NEA ePortal Based on E-Appointment Booking for Columbarium Visitors During Qing Ming Period
Grace Fu Hai Yien Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Enhancing Food Waste Reduction Efforts and Efficiency of Food Waste Treatment and Recycling Infrastructure
Liang Eng Hwa Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Psychological Impact and Stress of Instituting Single SEC Examination Sitting for Mother Tongue Language Subjects
Chan Chun Sing Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Direct School Admission Applications and Success Rates for Gifted Education Programme Students
Chan Chun Sing Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Update on Plans for Training of Educators for Children with Special Needs in Pre-schools
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Waiting Time for First Assisted Reproductive Treatment Appointment at Public Hospitals in Past Five Years
Louis Ng Kok Kwang Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Ensuring Development of Informed Consent Procedure Guidelines and its Proper Implementation in Treating Mental Health Conditions
Yip Hon Weng Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Efforts to Improve Coverage and to Explore Alternative or Subsidy Models for Affordable Mental Healthcare Services
Yip Hon Weng Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of Health
Data on Monthly Payout Claims under CareShield Life and Possible Improvements
Liang Eng Hwa Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Costs of HDB Green Towns Programme and its Effects on Service and Conservancy Charges for Residents
Desmond Lee Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Update on HDB Blocks with Flats without Same Floor Lift Access and Projected Number of HDB Blocks to be Offered Lift Upgrading Programme
Desmond Lee Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Censorship Review Committee’s Activities Since 2009 vis-à-vis Changes in Singapore’s Media and Social Landscape
Josephine Teo Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Source and Quantity of Non-Government Funding for SPH Media Trust
Josephine Teo Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Provision for Deletion of Personal Data Upon Request under Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and Recourse Available to Individuals
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Josephine Teo
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Update on Sports Facilities Master Plan Initiatives to Provide More Sport Facilities in Community Areas
Christopher de Souza Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Roles and Missions of Co-operatives to Meet Evolving Needs of Singapore’s Society and Economy
Liang Eng Hwa Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Data on Successful New Employment Pass Applicants since 1 September 2023
Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Data on Complaints Received of and Investigations on Job Listings and Companies on MyCareersFuture
Tan See Leng Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Data on Projected 2030 and 2050 Business-As-Usual Carbon Emissions Levels from Singapore-based Airlines With Regard To Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore’s Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Chee Hong Tat