TIME LIMIT FOR SPEECHES (Suspension of Standing Orders)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of Members present to move that the proceedings on item 7 on the Order Paper be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 45 so as to remove the time limits for speeches.

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 item 7 on the Order Paper be exempted from the time limits for speeches laid down in paragraph (8) of Standing Order No. 45. - [Mr Wong Kan Seng].