ALLOWANCE OF DEPUTY SPEAKER

The Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs (Prof. S. Jayakumar): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the Motion* standing in the name of the Minister for Law as it appears on the Order Paper.

*The Motion reads as follows:

That, pursuant to Article 42 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, the allowance of the Deputy Speaker shall be $1,500 per month with effect from 1st November, 1982.

Sir, clause (3) of Article 42 of the Constitution provides, inter alia, that the Deputy Speaker shall be paid such salary or allowance as Parliament may from time to time determine. With the revision of the salary of the Speaker last year, the allowance of the Deputy Speaker was revised from $500 per month to $1,000 per month with effect from 1st April 1981.

Now that the salary of the Speaker is to be revised with effect from 1st November 1982, it is proposed that the allowance of the Deputy Speaker be also revised to $1,500 per month with effect from the same date.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That, pursuant to Article 42 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, the allowance of the Deputy Speaker shall be $1,500 per month with effect from 1st November, 1982.