10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

Sitting of Monday, 24 February 2025

10th Parliament· 13 debates· 174 speeches· 53 speakers

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Order of business

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  1. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Question No. 1 - 445/2025 (Defence) 5 speeches
    • The Hon. Speaker procedural
    • The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara JJB

      AI summary Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara formally raised a question in Parliament. No substantive details of the question or related policy issue are provided in the excerpt.

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

      AI summary The Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip informed Parliament that the State Minister of Defence was attending the Defence Council and therefore unavailable to respond. He offered either to read the answer on the Minister’s behalf or to reschedule the question so that supplementary questions could be asked when the State Minister was present.

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    • The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara JJB

      AI summary Requested that the State Minister of Defence be present in Parliament at an early opportunity so that a question can be raised with him.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa JJB

      AI summary On behalf of the Minister of Defence, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa requested two weeks to provide the answer to the question. The question was accordingly ordered to stand down.

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