Whole Budget 2025 text open for debate, including house arrest bill, Ramli says

PARLIAMENT | MPs are allowed to debate the full content of Budget 2025, including parts that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim did not read out during the presentation of the document last Friday, said deputy speaker Ramli Mohd Nor.

Ramli said this before the debate session on the Supply Bill (Budget) 2025 began in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Earlier, opposition chief whip Takiyuddin Hassan asked whether the details in the presentation text of the bill, including the government’s intent to introduce new laws related to house arrest punishments - which Anwar did not read aloud - could be debated.

“Since the softcopy and hardcopy of the Budget 2025 presentation text have been distributed to honourable members of this house, even though the finance minister did not mention them, I am allowing them to be debated in this session,” Ramli (above) said.

He added that Standing Order 10.1 states that an official report (Hansard) of all speeches made in the house must be prepared and published.

“Therefore, referring to the presentation text (of Budget 2025) by the finance minister, what is recorded in the text but not read out becomes part of the Hansard and MPs can debate,” he said.

- Bernama

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