EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (AMENDMENT) BILLS (Written Representations and Minutes of Evidence)

6.26 p.m.

The Minister of State for Labour (Mr Sia Kah Hui): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That this Parliament resolves that the written representations submitted to, and the Minutes of the Evidence taken by, the Select Committee on the Employment (Amendment) Bill and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill in the previous session be presented to Parliament.

Members will recall that both the Employment (Amendment) Bill and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill were introduced in the last session of the Second Parliament. They were committed to a Select Committee after the Second Reading on the 2nd June, 1972. Written representations were made to the Select Committee on both Bills by the National Trades Union Congress, the Singapore Employers Federation, the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Manufacturers Association, the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners Association, the major oil companies, Lam Huat Hup Kee Pineapple Co. (Pte.) Ltd., and the proprietor of Asia Book Company. Oral representations have also been made before the Select Committee arid some of their recommendations, both oral and written, have been incorporated in the two Bills read for the First time in this House on the 17th of this month.

As it is not proposed to commit the Bills to a Select Committee again, it would be appropriate to have the written representations submitted to, and the Minutes of the Evidence taken by, the Select Committee in the previous session, be presented to Parliament.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Parliament resolves that the written representations submitted to, and the Minutes of the Evidence taken by, the Select Committee on the Employment (Amendment) Bill and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill in the previous session be presented to Parliament.