Deputy Government Whip

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The Deputy Government Whip is a parliamentary office in Singapore responsible for assisting in managing the ruling party’s legislative agenda and ensuring party discipline during votes in the Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
political position
appliesToBody ruling party’s parliamentary caucus
appointedBy office of the Prime Minister of Singapore
surface form: Prime Minister of Singapore
associatedWith People’s Action Party
country Singapore
ensures implementation of party’s agreed parliamentary strategy
party voting discipline
governsChamber Parliament of Singapore
surface form: unicameral Parliament of Singapore
hasAlternativeLabel Deputy Government Whip
surface form: Deputy Government Parliamentary Whip

Deputy Government Whip
surface form: Deputy Whip (Government)
hasDuty assist Government Whip
assist in scheduling government business in Parliament
coordinate voting instructions to party MPs
ensure party discipline during parliamentary votes
help maintain party cohesion in parliamentary proceedings
liaise between party leadership and backbench MPs
manage ruling party’s legislative agenda
monitor attendance of ruling party MPs
organise party members’ participation in debates
support passage of government bills
jurisdiction Singapore
surface form: Republic of Singapore
languageOfWork English
Malay
Mandarin
Tamil
legislativeFocus government bills
motions introduced by the government
locatedInJurisdiction Parliament of Singapore
officeHolderRole Member of Parliament
partOf Government Whips Office
surface form: Government Whip’s Office

Parliament of Singapore
surface form: Legislature of Singapore
positionInHierarchy above ordinary backbench MPs in whip structure
subordinate to Government Whip
relatedConcept legislative agenda management
party discipline
relatedPosition Government Chief Whip
surface form: Government Whip

Opposition Whip
requiresQualification elected Member of Parliament
sector politics
sphereOfActivity legislative politics
parliamentary procedure
typeOf party whip position
usedInSystem Westminster-style parliamentary system
worksFor Government of Singapore
ruling party in Singapore

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Parliament of Singapore hasLeaderTitle Deputy Government Whip
Deputy Government Whip hasAlternativeLabel Deputy Government Whip
this entity surface form: Deputy Government Parliamentary Whip
Deputy Government Whip hasAlternativeLabel Deputy Government Whip
this entity surface form: Deputy Whip (Government)