COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY TIME LIMIT FOR SPEECHES (Exemption from Standing Orders)

Parliament of Singapore · 23 March 1989 · 7th Parliament

Official Report, 23 March 1989, Vol 53, Issue 10 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Wong Kan Seng

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of Members to move that the proceedings on the business of Supply today be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 87 to enable a Member to speak more than 10 minutes at any one time.

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

Hon. Members indicated assent.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

"That the proceedings on Amendment No. (1) to Head N, Ministry of Finance, be exempted from the time limit for speeches laid down in paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 87."-[Mr Wong Kan Seng].

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 March 1989. Republished on SGParliament.