Time Limit for Minister Tan Chuan-Jin's Speech

Parliament of Singapore · 7 February 2013

Official Report, 7 February 2013, Vol 90, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lim Swee Say

The Minister, Prime Minister's Office (Mr Lim Swee Say): Mdm Speaker, may I seek your consent and the general assent of Members present to move that the proceedings on the item under discussion be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order 48(8) to remove the time limit in respect of Acting Minister Tan Chuan-Jin's speech.

Mdm Speaker: I give my consent. Does the Minister have the general assent of the hon Members present to so move?

Hon Members: indicated assent.

With the consent of Mdm Speaker and the general assent of Members present, question put, and agreed to.

Resolved, "That the proceedings on the item under discussion be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order 48(8) in respect of Acting Minister Tan Chuan-Jin's speech." – [Mr Lim Swee Say].

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 7 February 2013. Republished on SGParliament.