MPs should not ask questions to 'clock numbers'; focus should be improving Singaporeans' lives: Seah Kian Peng
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SINGAPORE — Singaporeans can expect more debate in the upcoming 15th Parliament, with today's uncertain world and the need for more policies to tackle the attendant challenges, and more MPs in the House.But this does not mean that parliamentary sittings musMPs should not ask questions to 'clock numbers'; focus should be improving Singaporeans' lives: Seah Kian Peng
SINGAPORE — Singaporeans can expect more debate in the upcoming 15th Parliament, with today's uncertain world and the need for more policies to tackle the attendant challenges, and more MPs in the House.But this does not mean that parliamentary sittings must go on for longer, as what is important is the quality of the debate, said Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng.Noting a trend of more parliamentary questions being filed in the previous term of Parliament, Seah sounded a note of caution against having this become a numbers game.«I hope we don't get to a point where MPs are filing questions for the sake of clocking numbers — I think that is not necessary and not very productive,» he said in a July 1 interview with The Straits Times about the role of Speaker, and his plans if elected.On June 20, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced that the Government intended to propose Seah's election as Speaker when Parliament reopens on Sept 5.Seah has served as Singapore's 11th Speaker since 2023. Read more