Parliamentary Questions from Mr. Louis Ng on 4-5 November
1) To ask the Minister for Health
(a) when will the review of the pilot Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening programme be completed; and
(b) how will the Ministry determine whether the pilot has been successful.
2) To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry will consider banning the practices of declawing cats and debarking dogs in the upcoming review of standards in the pet sector.
3) To ask the Minister for Home Affairs for each year in the past 10 years, what is number and percentage of infants and toddlers injured in motor accidents who were not secured in child seats.
4) To ask the Minister for Manpower based on cases brought to the Ministry or Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP)
(a) what are the top three reasons that employers give for denying employees access to childcare leave; (b) how many cases have been brought to TAFEP in each of the past five years for denial of
childcare leave; and
(c) in how many of these cases have the employees obtained the childcare leave sought or employers changed their childcare leave policies following TAFEP’s intervention.
5) To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year in the past five years under the Government-Paid Child Care Leave (GPCL) Scheme
(a) what is the number and percentage of working mothers with
(i) one child
(ii) two children or
(iii) more than two children who have taken six days of childcare leave respectively; and
(b) what is the number and percentage of working fathers with
(i) one child
(ii) two children or
(iii) more than two children who took six days of childcare leave respectively.
6) To ask the Prime Minister whether he will allow parents to use the savings in the Child Development Account (CDA) to purchase child car seats.
7) To ask the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
(a) what respective percentages of
(i) tetra paks and
(ii) disposable plastic water bottles disposed of in a recycling bin in Singapore gets recycled;
(b) whether the Ministry has conducted or knows of a life-cycle assessment that compares the carbon impact of a tetra pak to that of a disposable plastic water bottle of similar capacity; and
(c) if so, what are the results of such studies.