Sitting of Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 1741258607035810 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers Presented 4 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions 9 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: SriLankan Airlines (Q.3/2024) 16 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Investigations into Damaging Buddha Statues in Mawanella (Q.6/2024) 5 speeches
- 6 Procedural Question by Private Notice: School Teachers Recruitment and Dhamma School Teacher Allowances (SO 27(2)) 24 speeches
- 7 Debate Second Reading Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 (Day 1-7) 26 speeches
- 8 Debate Second Reading Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 (Continuation Day 7) 56 speeches
- 9 Debate Second Reading: Disposal of Waste (Prohibition) Bill 2025 9 speeches
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament JJB
AI summary Minister Bimal Rathnayake defended the National People’s Power Government’s first Budget, arguing that its first 100 days should be assessed on political discipline, social stability, and fiscal management as well as on the Budget text. He said problems such as passport queues, shortages of rice, coconuts and salt, the port container backlog, the Grade 5 scholarship paper leak, high prices, and organized crime stemmed from past mismanagement, and outlined steps taken or planned to address them. He emphasized ethical governance, citing prompt responses to controversies over qualifications and statements, and rejected claims that allocations such as the Rs. 100 million Thambuththegama Railway Station feasibility study were personal projects. He also highlighted improved parliamentary performance, including timely answers to oral and Standing Order 27(2) questions, and said the Government was maintaining elections and parliamentary discipline without misuse of state resources.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya JJB
AI summary Moved, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, that the Disposal Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Parliament. The motion was put to the House and agreed to.
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- The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya JJB
AI summary A Bill was scheduled to be considered by a Committee of the whole Parliament on Thursday, 27 February 2025, under Standing Order No. 57. The entry records a procedural decision rather than a substantive speech or policy argument.
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- 10 Adjournment Adjournment 1 speeches