14th Parliament Sittings
#5: 4-5 Jan 2021
#Heartware4Environment
Louis asked the Ministry for Sustainability and Environment (a) on the progress of the Ministry’s review, and how a ban should be enforced regarding smoking near windows and balconies of HDB flats and private apartments; and (b) how the ministry studies and collects evidence regarding being naked in a private place while being exposed to public view
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#Heartware4Teachers
Louis asked the Ministry of Education (a) the ministry about its current performance management system - how is a C-, D and E ranking grade determined for teachers; and whether the way the grades are determined differs from school to school; and (b) What are the penalties teachers face when they get C-, D and E ranking grades respectively.
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Louis also asked the Ministry of Education how many and what percentage of schools do not have any teachers receiving C-, D and E grades (for each year in the past five years)
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#Heartware4Inclusivity
Louis asked the Ministry of Manpower (a) whether studies have been done, or are being done to look into whether migrant workers who are unable to go for meal breaks outside of their worksite during working hours are receiving adequate and proper food; and (b) Whether any enforcement actions have been taken against employers who do not provide adequate food for this group of workers.
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#Heartware4Inclusivity
Louis asked the Ministry of Social and Family Development (a) To ask the ministry what percentage of parents with a child or children who are differently-abled took all six days of childcare leave (for each year in the past five years); and (b) If the information is not available, whether the ministry will start collecting the data
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(Supplementary Question) Louis asked the Ministry of Social and Family Development about the ‘Children in Between Programme’: The "Children in Between" programme is an important one. But as the Minister of State has just shared, the problem really is that the take-up rate is so low. So, I am just wondering whether MSF will consider making this programme mandatory, just like how we make the parenting programme mandatory as well.
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(Supplementary Question) Louis asked the Ministry of Communications and Information on Parliamentary Live Stream: Whether there will be sign-language accommodations for parliamentary live-streamings
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#Heartware4Animals
Louis asked the Ministry of National Development (a) how many warning letters and compound fines have been issued for the feeding of wildlife respectively (since the Wildlife Act came into force); (b) How many NParks staff are solely focused on enforcing the law against the feeding of wildlife under the Wildlife Act; and (c) How many NParks staff focus on enforcing the law against the feeding of wildlife under the Wildlife Act as one part of their entire job scope.
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