Sitting of Thursday, 23 January 2025

10th Parliament· 19 debates· 178 speeches· 51 speakers

Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 1738314169039521 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard

Order of business

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1 Opening Parliament Opening and Announcements 1 speeches
2 Committee report Committee Report: Regulations under Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 4 speeches
3 Oral question Oral Question No. 1 – 103/2024: Bingiriya Export Processing Zone Infrastructure Facilities 8 speeches
4 Oral question Oral Question No. 3 & 4 – 149/2024 & 176/2024: Bank of Ceylon Financial Status and Performance 6 speeches
5 Oral question Oral Question: Family Medicine Specialist Training Stream 4 speeches
6 Oral question Oral Question: Disposal of the Dead Due to COVID-19 During 2019–2022 7 speeches
7 Oral question Oral Question: Educational Reforms and Student Welfare Programmes 6 speeches
8 Oral question Oral Question: IMF-related Economic Measures and Vehicle Imports Policy 7 speeches
9 Oral question Oral Question: Vehicle Assignments to Government Members 13 speeches
10 Oral question Oral Question: Olcott Mawatha Traders and Floating Market 6 speeches
11 Oral question Oral Question: Fuel Imports (Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene and Crude Oil) 2 speeches
12 Oral question Oral Question: Palpola Interchange on Southern Expressway 2 speeches
13 Procedural Chair Change: Deputy Speaker Takes Chair 1 speeches
14 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Delay in Issuing Passports 3 speeches
15 Procedural Matter of Privilege: Non-Allocation of Time to Speak in Parliament 15 speeches
16 Procedural Motion: Sittings of Parliament 1 speeches
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
  
  AI summary Moved a procedural motion to vary the day’s sitting hours despite Standing Order 8, setting sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The motion also provided for Standing Order 8(5) to operate at 3.30 p.m. and for Parliament to adjourn at 5.30 p.m. without a question being put; it was agreed to.
  
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17 Debate Debate: Regulations under Imports and Exports (Control) Act and Related Economic Measures 62 speeches
18 Procedural Motions: Strategic Development Projects and Ports Authority Regulations 3 speeches
19 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Ensuring Protection for Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka 27 speeches