Committee of Supply 2026 debate, Day 6: Gabriel Lam on rethinking family policy
Does the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) track long-term economic mobility outcomes specifically for single-parent households? Are there plans to recalibrate housing, childcare and work support schemes to better reflect the time and income constraints unique to single parents? Has the MSF conducted a comprehensive review of whether current family policies inadvertently assume a nuclear dual-parent model? MP Gabriel Lam raised these questions in parliament on Thursday (Mar 5). He noted that if the government is serious about building strong families, then its policies must be designed not around idealised models but around the realities.
Does the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) track long-term economic mobility outcomes specifically for single-parent households? Are there plans to recalibrate housing, childcare and work support schemes to better reflect the time and income constraints unique to single parents? Has the MSF conducted a comprehensive review of whether current family policies inadvertently assume a nuclear dual-parent model? MP Gabriel Lam raised these questions in parliament on Thursday (Mar 5). He noted that if the government is serious about building strong families, then its policies must be designed not around idealised models but around the realities.
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