Statistics on children orphaned due to Covid-19 to be raised in Parliament
The statistics on the number of children who have been orphaned after losing their parents to Covid-19 will be one of the issues to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
According to the Order of the Meeting, the matter will be raised during the oral question-and-answer session by Hannah Yeoh (Harapan-Segambut) to the women, family and community development minister.
Yeoh will also ask the ministry to state the steps being taken in looking after the welfare of these children...
The statistics on the number of children who have been orphaned after losing their parents to Covid-19 will be one of the issues to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
According to the Order of the Meeting, the matter will be raised during the oral question-and-answer session by Hannah Yeoh (Harapan-Segambut) to the women, family and community development minister.
Yeoh will also ask the ministry to state the steps being taken in looking after the welfare of these children.
Meanwhile, Azizah Mohd Dun (Bersatu-Beaufort) will ask the minister of communications and multimedia about the proactive measures that have been taken to prevent social media misuse which had raised anxiety among the public, especially over the issue of the Covid-19 vaccine.
During the oral question-and-answer session, Anwar Ibrahim (Harapan-Port Dickson) will also pose a question to the energy and natural resources minister on the extent of monitoring logging activities at areas gazetted as forest reserves and action taken on cases of violations.
Today's sitting will also continue the debate on the royal address by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
The meeting of the fourth session of the 14th Parliament is the first under the government led by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The Dewan Rakyat session will last for 17 days until Oct 12.
- Bernama
