Editor's note, Aug. 10, 2017: This article has been updated to include the full 20 Votes and Proceedings records of Parliament in 2017 so far. Previously, the article published on Aug. 7 only accounted for 10 latter sessions. A statement from the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs has been included at the end of the article to clarify Minister K Shanmugam's four-day absence from Parliament in March 2017.

Parliament has convened on 20 days in 2017 so far.

The official records lodged with the Votes and Proceedings of Parliament are available for these 20 days.

Votes and Proceedings

The Votes and Proceedings are the official minutes of the proceedings of Parliament, which include a record of attendance, papers presented and announcements by the Speaker, among other records.

The data is usually only updated several weeks after each Parliament session is over.

As of Aug. 10, 2017, a total of 20 Parliament Votes and Proceedings (No. 30 to 49) for this year have been made available for public viewing.

• Jan. 9 (Votes and Proceedings No. 30)

• Jan. 10 (Votes and Proceedings No. 31)

• Feb. 6 (Votes and Proceedings No. 32)

• Feb. 7 (Votes and Proceedings No. 33)

• Feb. 20 (Votes and Proceedings No. 34)

• Feb. 28 (Votes and Proceedings No. 35)

• March 1 (Votes and Proceedings No. 36)

• March 2 (Votes and Proceedings No. 37)

• March 3 (Votes and Proceedings No. 38)

• March 6 (Votes and Proceedings No. 39)

• March 7 (Votes and Proceedings No. 40)

• March 8 (Votes and Proceedings No. 41)

• March 9 (Votes and Proceedings No. 42)

• March 10 (Votes and Proceedings No. 43)

• April 3 (Votes and Proceedings No. 44)

• April 4 (Votes and Proceedings No. 45)

• May 8 (Votes and Proceedings No. 46)

• July 3 (Votes and Proceedings No. 47)

• July 4 (Votes and Proceedings No. 48)

• Aug. 1 (Votes and Proceedings No. 49)

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Absentees according to days

Here is an attendance list of MPs who have missed Parliament sittings in 2017, out of 20 sessions.

Absent 11 days

• Mahdev Mohan (Nominated Member)

Absent 8 days

• Azmoon Ahmad (Nominated Member)

• Josephine Teo (Bishan-Toa Payoh)

• Vivian Balakrishnan (Holland-Bukit Timah)

Absent 7 days

• Mohamad Maliki bin Osman (East Coast)

Absent 6 days

• Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade)

• Teo Chee Hean (Pasir Ris-Punggol)

Absent 5 days

• Heng Swee Keat (Tampines)

• Ng Eng Hen (Bishan-Toa Payoh)

Absent 4 days

• Fatimah Lateef (Marine Parade)

• Kok Heng Leun (Nominated Member)

• K Shanmugam (Nee Soon)

• Sylvia Lim (Aljunied)

Absent 3 days

• Darryl David (Ang Mo Kio)

• Ganesh Rajaram (Nominated Member)

• Koh Poh Koon (Ang Mo Kio)

• Lim Hng Kiang (West Coast)

• Ng Chee Meng (Pasir Ris-Punggol)

• Rahayu Mahzam (Jurong)

• Sam Tan Chin Siong (Radin Mas)

• Sim Ann (Holland-Bukit Timah)

• Teo Ser Luck (Pasir Ris-Punggol)

• Zainal Sapari (Pasir Ris-Punggol)

Absent 2 days

• Alex Yam Ziming (Marsiling-Yew Tee)

• Amrin Amin (Sembawang)

• Amy Khor Lean Suan (Hong Kah North)

• Charles Chong (Punggol East)

• Chia Shi-Lu (Tanjong Pagar)

• Foo Mee Har (West Coast)

• Gan Kim Yong (Chua Chu Kang)

• Jessica Tan Soon Neo (East Coast)

• Kuik Shiao-Yin (Nominated Member)

• Lee Bee Wah (Nee Soon)

• Lee Yi Shyan (East Coast)

• Lily Neo (Jalan Besar)

• Ong Teng Koon (Marsiling-Yew Tee)

• Randolph Tan (Nominated Member)

• S Iswaran (West Coast)

• Zaqy Mohamad (Chua Chu Kang)

Absent 1 day

• Cheng Li Hui (Tampines)

• Chia Yong Yong (Nominated Member)

• Chong Kee Hiong (Bishan-Toa Payoh)

• Desmond Lee (Jurong)

• Edwin Tong Chun Fai (Marine Parade)

• Grace Fu Hai Yien (Yuhua)

• Heng Chee How (Jalan Besar)

• Kwek Hian Chuan Henry (Nee Soon)

• Lim Biow Chuan (Mountbatten)

• Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang)

• Sun Xueling (Pasir Ris-Punggol)

• Tan Chuan-Jin (Marine Parade)

• Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Jurong)

• Yaacob Ibrahim (Jalan Besar)

• Yee Chia Hsig (Chua Chu Kang)

Names of members that did not appear above at all means they have been present for the first 20 sessions in 2017 so far.

According to the Press Secretary from MHA, Minister Shanmugam was absent for the Parliament Sittings on March 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2017, because he was on a working visit to Australia. When he goes on an official visit, he has to apply for leave, and such visits have to be fixed based on schedules of several people, including the Australian counterparts.

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