Lawmakers to address M40 aid, Madani allocations and Tourism Compliance Focus Zone effectiveness in Dewan Rakyat today

The Dewan Rakyat will discuss aid for M40 households, MADANI programmes' funds, and the Tourism Compliance Focus Zone's effectiveness today.

Questions include reassessing aid for M40 households, transparency in MADANI programmes' spending, and evaluating the ZTPP's performance in addressing pricing complaints.

The sitting also covers the National Women's Policy, social media age limits, and will debate Budget 2027, with debates from October 12 to 22 and related sessions until December 8.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Aid for M40 households, allocations for the Madani school and Kampung Angkat programmes, and the effectiveness of the Tourism Compliance Focus Zone (ZTPP) programme are among the issues scheduled to be raised at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

According to the Order Paper on the Parliament website, Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan (BN-Kuala Pilah) will ask the Finance Minister to explain measures to help M40 households no longer eligible for targeted aid but affected by rising living costs, including a mechanism to reassess eligibility based on current income and expenditure.

Datuk Dr Richard Rapu @ Aman anak Begri (GPS-Betong) will ask the Finance Minister to explain the detailed breakdown of the RM50 million and RM200 million spent on the Madani School and Kampung Angkat programmes, to ensure transparency over the financial impact and the actual number of beneficiaries under the People's Housing Programme (PPR).

Another question is from Hassan Saad (PN-Baling), who will ask the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister to state the performance indicators used to assess the effectiveness of the ZTPP programme in reducing complaints of excessive pricing.

Also listed is a question from Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah (PN-Indera Mahkota) on the status of implementation of the National Women's Policy 2025-2030 to date.

Meanwhile, Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (PH-Bandar Kuching) asked the Communications Minister whether the ministry plans to extend the social media age limit to online gaming platforms, particularly those with large numbers of child and teenage users.

After the question-and-answer session, the House is scheduled to continue with debate on the Supply Bill 2027 at the policy stage, following the presentation of Budget 2027 by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also Finance Minister, on Oct 9.

The calendar for the Third Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 15th Parliament states that the Budget 2027 debate at the policy stage is from Oct 12 to 22, followed by winding-up sessions by the relevant ministers over four days from Oct 26.

The Dewan Rakyat sitting runs for 37 days until December 8. — Bernama

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今天，下议院将讨论对M40家庭的援助、MADANI计划的资金以及旅游合规重点区域的有效性。

问题包括重新评估对 M40 家庭的援助、MADANI 项目支出的透明度，以及评估 ZTPP 在解决价格投诉方面的表现。

本次会议还将讨论国家妇女政策、社交媒体年龄限制，并将就 2027 年预算进行辩论，辩论时间为 10 月 12 日至 22 日，相关会议将持续到 12 月 8 日。

吉隆坡，10 月 19 日讯——今天在下议院会议上将讨论的问题包括：对 M40 家庭的援助、Madani 学校和 Kampung Angkat 项目的拨款，以及旅游合规重点区 (ZTPP) 计划的有效性。

根据国会网站上的议程文件，拿督阿德南·阿布·哈桑（国阵-瓜拉庇劳）将要求财政部长解释帮助不再符合定向援助资格但受到生活成本上涨影响的M40家庭的措施，包括根据当前收入和支出重新评估资格的机制。

拿督理查德·拉普博士（GPS-Betong）将要求财政部长详细解释在马达尼学校和甘榜安卡特计划上花费的 5000 万令吉和 2 亿令吉的支出明细，以确保人民房屋计划 (PPR) 的财务影响和实际受益人数的透明度。

另一个问题来自 Hassan Saad（PN-Baling），他将要求国内贸易和生活成本部长说明用于评估 ZTPP 计划在减少价格过高投诉方面的有效性的绩效指标。

还列出了 Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah (PN-Indera Mahkota) 提出的关于 2025-2030 年国家妇女政策迄今为止的实施状况的问题。

与此同时，古晋市希望联盟议员李凯文博士询问通讯部长，该部门是否计划将社交媒体的年龄限制扩大到网络游戏平台，特别是那些拥有大量儿童和青少年用户的平台。

问答环节结束后，国会计划在政策阶段继续就 2027 年供应法案进行辩论。此前，首相兼财政部长拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣已于 10 月 9 日提交了 2027 年财政预算案。

第十五届议会第五届会议第三次会议的日程安排显示，2027 年预算案的政策阶段辩论将于 10 月 12 日至 22 日举行，随后相关部长将从 10 月 26 日起进行为期四天的总结会议。

下议院会议将持续 37 天，直至 12 月 8 日。 — Bernama

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