ADJOURNMENT DEBATE (Exemption from Standing Orders)

The Minister for Law and Leader of the House (Mr E.W. Barker): Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the proceedings on the matter proposed to be raised on the motion for the adjournment of Parliament this day be exempted from the time limits laid down in paragraph (8) (b) of Standing Order No. 1.

This paragraph (8) (b) merely provides half an hour for such business - 20 minutes for the mover and 10 minutes for the Minister to reply. But the matter to be raised today, i.e. the increase in the prices of Housing Board flats recently, is a matter of grave concern not only for those aspiring to buy HDB flats but also for their Members of Parliament who have expressed a desire to speak. Hence the motion.

Question put. and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the proceedings on the matter proposed to be raised on the motion for the adjournment of Parliament this day be exempted from the time limits laid down in paragraph (8) (b) of Standing Order No. 1.