Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the Financial Year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013

Order read for consideration in Committee of Supply [Allotted Day].

[Mdm Speaker in the Chair] The Chairman: Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2013. As there are no amendments, I propose to take the Heads of Expenditure en bloc. I will first take Heads C, G, O, P, R, S and X of the Supplementary Main Estimates.

Question, "That the sums stated for the Heads of Expenditure as shown on page 6 of Paper Cmd 4 of 2013 stand part of the Supplementary Main Estimates," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $831,326,100 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Main Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2013," put and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported.

Question, "That the sums stated for Heads W and X as shown on page 8 of Paper Cmd 4 of 2013 stand part of the Supplementary Development Estimates," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $833,819,800 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013," put and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported.

Thereupon, Mdm Speaker left the Chair of the Committee and took the Chair of the House.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam): Mdm Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of Supply has come to certain resolutions.

First Resolution reported –

"That the sum of $831,326,100 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Main Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2013."

Second Resolution reported –

"The second resolution of the Committee of Supply is that the sum of $833,819,800 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, contained in Paper Cmd 4 of 2013."

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: Mdm Speaker, I beg to move, "That Parliament doth agree with the Committee on the said resolutions."

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions accordingly agreed to.