Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the Financial Year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

Order read for consideration in Committee of Supply [Allotted Day].

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]: ###### 10.59 am

The Chairman The Chairman: Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, contained in Paper Cmd 21 of 2023. As there are no amendments, I propose to take the Heads of Expenditure en bloc. I will first take Heads B, E, G, J, P, Q, T, V, W, X and Z of the Supplementary Main Estimates.

Question, "That the sums stated for the Heads of Expenditure as shown on page 6 of Paper Cmd 21 of 2023 stand part of the Supplementary Main Estimates," put and agreed to.

The Chairman : I will now take the Supplementary Development Estimates. In respect of the Supplementary Development Estimates, they are Heads J, Q, S, V, W and X.

Question, "That the sums stated for the Heads of Expenditure as shown on page 9 of Paper Cmd 21 of 2023 stand part of the Supplementary Development Estimates," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $9,175,357,100 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Main Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, contained in Paper Cmd 21 of 2023," put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $5,211,667,500 shall be supplied to the Government under the Head of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, contained in Paper Cmd 21 of 2023."

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr Speaker: Second Minister for Finance.

The Second Minister for Finance (Ms Indranee Rajah): Mr Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of Supply has come to certain resolutions.

First Resolution reported,

"That the sum of $9,175,357,100 shall be supplied to the Government under the Heads of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Main Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, contained in Paper Cmd 21 of 2023."

Second Resolution reported,

"That the sum of $5,211,667,500 shall be supplied to the Government under the Head of Expenditure for the public services shown in the Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, contained in Paper Cmd 21 of 2023."

Ms Indranee Rajah: Mr Speaker, I beg to move, "That Parliament doth agree with the Committee on the said resolutions."

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions accordingly agreed to.

Mr Speaker: Before we proceed to read item two, I think Ms Low Yen Ling has a clarification for the Parliamentary Questions (PQs) earlier.