Sitting of Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Certificate 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Tabling of Annual Reports and Ministerial Consultative Committee Referrals 3 speeches ▾
   • Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya presented the 2022 Annual Report of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka to Parliament. She moved that the report be referred to the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, and the motion was agreed to.

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   • Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa presented the 2023 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Government Information and moved that it be referred to the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health and Mass Media, which was agreed to. On behalf of the Minister of Industries and Enterprise Development, he also presented the 2022 Annual Report of the Lanka Industrial Development Board and moved its referral to the relevant Ministerial Consultative Committee, which was likewise agreed to.

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   • Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources JJB

     AI summary Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar tabled the reports of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources concerning the 2021 Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (Fisheries Harbours) and the 2023 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The reports were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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3. 3 Petitions Petitions 6 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question No. 1 (98/2024): Sale of Petroleum by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 8 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question No. 4 (247/2024): Teacher Attachments and Transfers 7 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question No. 2 (112/2024): Bingiriya Export Processing Zone 3 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question No. 3 (133/2024): Justice and National Integration Matter 3 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question No. 4 (247/2024): COVID-19 Clinical Practice Guidelines 2 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Recent Islandwide Power Outage 13 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Adjourned Debate on Second Reading of the 2025 Budget 75 speeches ▸
11. 11 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Additional Building for Meelad Vidyalaya, Dehiwala 11 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Hansard Editorial Notes and Publication Information 3 speeches ▸