Select committees Committee of selection Chaired by
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, the committee of selection selects and nominates members to the various sessional and select committees. The committee consisted of seven other members: •
Chan Chun Sing •
Cedric Foo •
Grace Fu •
Indranee Rajah •
Masagos Zulkifli •
Ong Ye Kung •
Pritam Singh Committee of privileges The committee of privileges looks into any complaint alleging breaches of parliamentary privilege. Chaired by
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, the committee consisted of seven other members: •
Chen Show Mao •
Grace Fu •
Indranee Rajah •
Maliki Osman •
Seah Kian Peng •
K. Shanmugam •
Edwin Tong Estimates committee The estimates committee examines the Government's budget and reports what economies, improvements in organisation, efficiency or administrative reforms consistent with the policy underlying the estimates, may be effected and suggests the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament. The committee consisted of eight members: •
Foo Mee Har (Chairperson) •
Chia Shi-Lu •
Cheng Li Hui •
Darryl David •
Christopher de Souza •
Daniel Goh •
Lee Yi Shyan •
Alex Yam House committee The house committee looks after the comfort and convenience of Members of Parliament and advises the Speaker on these matters. Chaired by
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, the committee consisted of seven other members: •
Amrin Amin •
Gan Thiam Poh •
Henry Kwek •
Low Yen Ling •
Faisal Manap •
Sun Xueling •
Yee Chia Hsing Public accounts committee The public accounts committee examines various accounts of the Government showing the appropriation of funds granted by Parliament to meet public expenditure, as well as other accounts laid before Parliament. The committee consisted of eight members: •
Jessica Tan (Chairperson) •
Ang Hin Kee •
Ang Wei Neng •
Liang Eng Hwa •
Lim Wee Kiak •
Leon Perera •
Tin Pei Ling •
Zainal Sapari Public petitions committee The public petitions committee deals with public petitions received by the House. Its function is to consider petitions referred to the Committee and to report to the House. Chaired by
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, the committee consisted of seven other members: •
Cheryl Chan •
Janil Puthucheary •
Desmond Lee •
Louis Ng •
Denise Phua •
Dennis Tan •
Melvin Yong Standing orders committee The standing orders committee reviews the Standing Orders from time to time and recommends amendments and reports to the House on all matters relating to them. Chaired by
Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, the committee consisted of nine other members: •
Charles Chong (Deputy Speaker) •
Lim Biow Chuan (Deputy Speaker) •
Chan Chun Sing •
Desmond Choo •
Grace Fu •
Joan Pereira •
Png Eng Huat •
Rahayu Mahzam •
Patrick Tay Government Parliamentary Committees Mooted by then-
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 1987, government parliamentary committees (GPCs) are set up by the governing
People's Action Party to scrutinise the legislation and programmes of the various Ministries. They also serve as an additional channel of feedback on government policies. ==Notes==