Select committees Committee of selection The committee of selection selects and nominates members to the various sessional and select committees. The committee consists of seven other members: •
Indranee Rajah •
Koh Poh Koon •
Denise Phua •
Pritam Singh •
Tan See Leng •
Edwin Tong •
Zaqy Mohamad Committee of privileges The committee of privileges looks into any complaint alleging breaches of parliamentary privilege. The committee consists of seven other members: •
Grace Fu •
Indranee Rajah •
Desmond Lee •
Masagos Zulkifli •
K. Shanmugam •
Dennis Tan •
Don Wee 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 consists of eight members: •
Ang Wei Neng (chairperson) •
Lim Biow Chuan •
Jamus Lim •
Rachel Ong •
Sitoh Yih Pin •
Vikram Nair •
Yip Hon Weng •
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim House committee The house committee looks after the comfort and convenience of Members of Parliament and advises the Speaker on these matters. The committee consists of six other members: •
Eric Chua •
He Ting Ru •
Fahmi Aliman •
Ng Ling Ling •
Joan Pereira •
Yeo Wan Ling •
Nadia Ahmad Samdin 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 consists of eight members: •
Foo Mee Har (chairperson) •
Cheryl Chan •
Louis Chua •
Derrick Goh •
Henry Kwek •
Poh Li San •
Saktiandi Supaat •
Tan Wu Meng 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. The committee consists of seven members: •
Chee Hong Tat •
Ong Ye Kung •
Rahayu Mahzam •
Hany Soh •
Edwin Tong •
Leong Mun Wai •
Murali Pillai SC 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., the committee consists of the
Deputy Speakers of Parliament and seven other members: •
Christopher de Souza (
Deputy Speaker) •
Jessica Tan (
Deputy Speaker) •
Gerald Giam •
Indranee Rajah •
Janil Puthucheary •
Sharael Taha •
Sim Ann •
Alvin Tan •
Melvin Yong Special Select Committee on Nominations for Appointment as Nominated Members of Parliament The special select committee is set up to nominate persons for appointment as
Nominated Members of Parliament by the
President. The committee consists of six other members: •
Chan Chun Sing •
Gan Kim Yong •
Gan Siow Huang •
Indranee Rajah •
Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman •
Vivian Balakrishnan Government Parliamentary Committees Mooted by then-
Deputy 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. ==See also==