October 2019 Parliament Sitting 7th Oct 2019
Item 1: Attendance of Members
Percentage of attendance, by party:
Item 2: Bills Assented To, Bills Passed and Bills Introduced
S/N Bills Introduced Bills Passed Air Navigation (Amendment) Bill Maintenance of Religious Harmony 1 (Amendment) Bill Home Affairs Uniformed Services Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2 Superannuation (Amendment) Bill
Women's Charter (Amendment) Bill 3 Constitution of the Republic of 4 Singapore (Amendment) Bill
Judges' Remuneration (Amendment) 5 Bill
Supreme Court of Judicature 6 (Amendment) Bill
Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) 7 Bill
Central Provident Fund (Amendment) 8 Bill
Item 3: Number of Parliamentary Questions Tabled Number of Parliamentary Questions (PQ) fielded, by party: PAP WP NMP Total No of PQs 87 21 15 123
No of Supplementary Questions 18 6 4 28
Average Questions per MP 1.28 3.38 2.11 1.53
Number of Parliamentary Questions (PQ) fielded, by Member: No of Qns PAP WP NMP Chia Shi-Lu Daniel Goh Walter Thereisa Gan Thiam Poh Leon Perera Anthea Ong 5 Joan Pereira Louis Ng Cheng Li Hui Pritam Singh Foo Mee Har Melvin Yong 4 Christopher de Souza Rahayu Mahzam Liang Eng Hwa Alex Yam Dennis Tan Irene Quay Cheryl Chan Sylvia Lim Darryl David Intan Azura Mokhtar 3 Lee Bee Wah Henry Kwek Lim Biow Chuan Murali Pillai Chong Kee Hiong Lim Sun Sun Lim Wee Kiak Ong Teng Koon 2 Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng Cedric Foo Ang Hin Kee Png Eng Huat Charles Chong Jessica Tan 1 Zainal Sapari Patrick Tay Sitoh Yih Pin Teo Ho Pin Note: Pursuant to Order 20, Paragraph 3 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Singapore (Rev Ed 2017), a Member may have up to five questions on the Order Paper at any one time.
Number of Parliamentary Questions (PQ) put to each Ministry, by party: No of Qns put to each Ministry PAP WP NMP Total Communications and Information 1 1 1 3 Culture, Community and Youth 0 0 0 0 Defence 2 0 0 2 Education 9 1 1 11 Environment & Water Resources 17 5 3 25 Finance 0 0 0 0 Foreign Affairs 0 0 0 0 Health 13 2 2 17 Home Affairs 4 0 2 6 Law 1 0 1 2 Manpower 5 1 1 7 National Development 7 4 0 11 Prime Minister’s Office 4 1 0 5 Social and Family Development 9 4 2 15 Trade and Industry 6 2 1 9 Transport 9 0 1 10
Item 4: Number of Supplementary Questions Tabled
Number of Supplementary Questions fielded, by Member: No of Qns PAP WP NMP 6 Sylvia Lim 5 Lee Bee Wah 4 3 Lim Wee Kiak Walter Theseira Christopher de Souza Intan Azura Mokhtar 2 Seah Kian Peng Liang Eng Hwa Anthea Ong Murali Pillai 1 Saktiandi Supaat Cedric Foo
Item 5: Participation in Second Readings of Bills
Number of Members who participated in Second Readings of Bills tabled, by party:
S/N Name of Bill PAP WP NMP Total Maintenance of Religious 1 19 3 2 24 Harmony (Amendment) Bill Income Tax (Amendment) 2 1 0 1 2 Bill
Source: Singapore Parliamentary Report (2019, Oct 7), Vol. 94, Sitting No. 112 Data compiled by volunteers from the Community for Advocacy and Political Education