August 2019 Parliament Sitting 5th - 6th Aug 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 Bills Assented To Reciprocal Enforcement Point-to-Point Point-to-Point 1 of Commonwealth Passenger Transport Passenger Transport Judgements (Repeal) Industry Industry Reciprocal Enforcement Home Team Science & Home Team Science & 2 of Foreign Judgements Technology Agency Technology Agency (Amendment) Resource Sustainability Fire Safety Fire Safety 3 (Amendment) (Amendment)
Work Injury Intellectual Property Intellectual Property 4 Compensation (Dispute Resolution) (Dispute Resolution)
Children and Young 5 Persons (Amendment)
Variable Capital Companies 6 (Miscellaneous Amendments) CareShield Life and 7 Long-Term Care
Item 3: Number of Parliamentary Questions Tabled
Number of Parliamentary Questions (PQ) fielded, by party: PAP WP NMP Total No of PQs 76 25 16 117
No of Supplementary Questions 67 17 8 92
Average Questions per MP 1.79 4.67 2.67 2.13
Number of Parliamentary Questions (PQ) fielded, by Member: No of Qns PAP WP NMP 7 Anthea Ong Louis Ng Kok Kwang Daniel Goh Pei Song Walter Theseira 6 Lee Bee Wah
Intan Azura Mokhtar 5 Sakitandi Supaat Christopher de Souza Pritam Singh Desmond Choo Dennis Tan Lip Fong 4 Melvin Yong Yik Chye Leon Perera
Chong Kee Hiong Muhamad Faisal Abdul Irene Quay Siew Foo Mee Har Manap Ching Joan Pereira Liang Eng Hwa 3 Lim Biow Chuan Lim Wee Kiak Zainal Sapari
Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Kwek Hian Chuan Ong Teng Koon 2 Patrick Tay Teck Guan Seah Kan Peng Teo Ho Pin
Chia Shi-Lu 1
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 0 0 1 1 Culture, Community and Youth 1 1 1 3 Defence 0 1 0 1 Education 2 3 4 9 Environment & Water Resources 5 6 1 12 Finance 0 3 0 3 Foreign Affairs 1 1 0 2 Health 8 3 4 15 Home Affairs 8 0 0 8 Law 2 0 1 3 Manpower 7 2 2 11 National Development 7 1 0 10 Prime Minister’s Office 4 1 0 5 Social and Family Development 8 0 1 9 Trade and Industry 5 2 1 8 Transport 15 2 0 17
Item 4: Number of Supplementary Questions Tabled
Number of Supplementary Questions fielded, by Member: No of Qns PAP WP NMP 7 Louis Ng Kok Kwang 6 Teo Ho Pin Daniel Goh Pei Song Anthea Ong Intan Azura Mokhtar 5 Christopher de Souza Lim Biow Chuan Saktiandi Supaat Melvin Young Yik Chye 4 Rahayu Mahzam Seah Kian Peng Desmond Choo Png Eng Huat 3 Murali Pillai Pritam Singh Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Dennis Tan Lip Fong 2 Chia Shi-Ly Leon Perera Alex Yam Foo Mee Har Sylvia Lim Walter Theseira Joan Pereira Irene Quay Siew 1 Ong Teng Koon Ching Denise Phua Lay Peng Sitoh Yih Pin 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 Intellectual Property 1 4 0 0 4 (Dispute Resolution) Bill Point-to-Point Passenger 2 8 2 2 12 Transport Industry Bill Home Team Science and 3 8 0 2 10 Technology Agency Bill 4 Fire Safety (Amendment) Bill 10 2 3 15
Source: Singapore Parliamentary Report (2019, Aug 5-6), Vol. 94, Sitting No. 106-107 Data compiled by volunteers from the Community for Advocacy and Political Education