THE issue of stateless children will be the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

According to the agenda of the meeting on the Parliament website, the issue, included in the question for ministers session, is from Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (DAP-Bandar Kuching), addressed to the home minister.

He will ask about the government’s plans to facilitate the process of awarding citizenship to stateless people.

Also included in the session is a question from Shaharizukirnain Abd Kadir (PAS-Setiu) about the implementation of the Redemption of Accumulated Leave (GCR) for 75 days into cash for civil servants who have served for 15 years, as tabled in Budget 2020.

During the question for oral answer session, among the questions will be one from M. Kula Segaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) about the number of employers approved for the Wage Subsidy Programme and who obtained the subsidy without terminating employees.

Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (BN-Machang) will also ask about the measures taken by the government to introduce new policies on the intake of foreign workers to resolve the problem of illegal immigrants.

The current Dewan Rakyat sitting will be held for 25 days until August 27 while abiding by standard operating procedures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19.

This includes wearing masks and using hand sanitisers, as well as ensuring there is a 1m seat gap between MPs while the meeting is in session, as decided by the Special Ministerial Committee meeting on the movement control order. – Bernama, July 14, 2020.