Kuala Lampur, Aug. 29 -- Three years ago, in "Leading by listening" I commended then Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin for referring the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 (Bill No. 29/2022) - widely known as the Generational End Game (GEG) Bill - to a parliamentary select committee (PSC) to consider the Bill.

I said it was a step in the right direction.

Referring a Bill to the PSC, before the second reading of the Bill, will enable the details of the Bill to be discussed in a less formal manner but in a definite order, where each and every clause (in the order in which they appear), and schedules and preamble (if any) will be reviewed.

The PSC will have the power delegated by the Dewan Rakyat to, among others:

The most ...