Sitting of Thursday, 27 February 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 1741437399068186 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening: Parliament Session Commenced and Message from President on Public Security Proclamation 22 speeches
- Principal Contents
AI summary Parliament received a message from the President on a Public Security Proclamation and heard announcements on seating arrangements for the Committee Stage. Business included presentation of the Public Finance Committee Report, oral answers to questions, and a private notice question on measures to ensure national security and control crime. The House then continued Committee Stage consideration of the Appropriation Bill, 2025, covering allocations for the President, Prime Minister, and several other heads of expenditure, before taking up an adjournment motion opposing the relocation of the Norwood Divisional Secretariat in Hatton.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Parliament of Sri Lanka
AI summary Parliament noted the presiding officers for the sitting of 27 February 2025: Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne as Speaker, Hon. (Dr.) Risvy Sali as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, and Hon. Hemali Weerasekara as Chairperson of Committees. No substantive debate, policy argument, proposal, or question is contained in the provided text.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Principal Officers
AI summary K. A. Rohanadeera served as Secretary-General of Parliament, G. K. A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne as Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary-General, and A. H. M. H. H. S. Aberathna as Assistant Secretary-General on 27 February 2025. This entry records the principal parliamentary officers present rather than a substantive speech or debate contribution.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Office of the Secretary-General of Parliament
AI summary The Office of the Secretary-General of Parliament records personnel or administrative details for 27 February 2025. It lists S. P. Gamage as Coordinating Secretary to the Secretary-General, E. A. Sirisena as Parliament Officer, and S. R. W. Gunasekara, S. B. B. Sandamali, and C. S. C. Fonseka as Assistant Chief Officers associated with the Constitutional Council.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Internal Audit Division
AI summary The contribution records the personnel of the Internal Audit Division as of 27 February 2025. It lists W. K. D. C. Withana as Chief Internal Auditor, G. N. D. Thilakarathna as Chief Officer, and W. R. G. S. Shamalie as Assistant Parliamentary Officer.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Serjeant-at-Arms Department
AI summary The entry records the Serjeant-at-Arms Department officials present for the sitting on 27 February 2025. It lists the Serjeant-at-Arms, Deputy and Assistant Serjeants-at-Arms, and other parliamentary officers serving in procedural, security, communications, and administrative roles.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Administration Department
AI summary The entry lists officials of the Parliament Administration Department as at 27 February 2025, including the Director and Deputy Director of Administration and officers attached to the Establishments, Members’ Services, Human Resource Development, Foreign Relations and Protocol, Transport, and Right to Information units. It appears to be an administrative staffing record rather than a parliamentary speech or policy intervention.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hansard Department
AI summary The entry lists the Hansard Department personnel responsible for producing the parliamentary record on 27 February 2025. It identifies the Hansard Editor, Deputy and Assistant Editors, reporters, committee reporters, indexers, and recording supervisor, with no substantive debate, policy issue, or legislative proposal included.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Finance and Supplies Department
AI summary The entry records the Finance and Supplies Department personnel associated with the 27 February 2025 parliamentary proceedings, led by Director (Finance) G. Sarath Kumara. It lists officers from the Finance and Accounts, Supplies and Services, Catering Accounts, receiving, stores, technical stores, and procurement functions, indicating departmental administrative and support participation rather than a substantive debate or policy speech.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Coordination Engineering Department
AI summary The entry records the personnel of the Coordination Engineering Department present or listed for 27 February 2025. It names the Coordinator Engineer, Deputy Coordinator Engineer, inspectors, technical officers, and an Assistant Parliamentary Officer, with no substantive policy argument, proposal, or parliamentary question included.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Catering and Housekeeping Department
AI summary A procedural listing was made of officials and staff serving in the Parliamentary Catering and Housekeeping Department as of 27 February 2025. It recorded the Director, senior catering and housekeeping officers, chefs, restaurant managers, supervisors, and related operational staff by name and designation.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Legislative Services Department
AI summary The Legislative Services Department listing records the officers serving in its main units as of 27 February 2025, including the Director and staff of the Table Office, Bills Office, Committees Offices, COPE/COPF Committees Office, Public Petitions Committee Office, and Ministerial Consultative Committees Office. It is an administrative personnel record rather than a substantive parliamentary speech or policy intervention.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - National Council Office
AI summary A list of National Council Office staff appointments or positions was recorded, covering library, research, and parliamentary interpretation services. The entries identify named officers across senior and assistant grades, including the Librarian, research officers, Chief Parliamentary Interpreter, deputy and senior interpreters, and parliamentary interpreters.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Information Systems and Management Department
AI summary The entry records the staffing of the Information Systems and Management Department as at 27 February 2025, listing the Director, technical officers, programmers, web editors, operators, and technical assistants. It also notes several unfilled or unlisted positions, including Systems Designer and Web/Network Administrator.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Communications Department
AI summary The Communications Department recorded the officials and staff responsible for communications, public services, media relations, media operations, and office coordination as of 27 February 2025. The entry lists the Acting Director, managers, officers, and coordinators by name and role, without raising any policy issue, proposal, or parliamentary demand.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Committees on Standing Orders and Related Bodies
AI summary Parliament announced the appointment of members to several parliamentary committees and related bodies on 27 February 2025. The appointments covered the Committees on Standing Orders, Public Petitions, Parliamentary Business, High Posts, Backbench Members, and the House Committee on Facilities, with the respective chairs and members formally listed for each committee.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Ministerial Consultative Committees
AI summary Parliament was informed of the membership of several Ministerial Consultative Committees appointed on 27 February 2025, including those on Defence; Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies; Digital Economy; Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education; Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation; Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism; and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The announcement listed the chairs and members of each committee, establishing their composition for scrutiny and consultation on the respective ministerial portfolios.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) – Authority Record
AI summary Authority record information identifies the Hansard entry for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s Tenth Parliament, First Session, Volume 318, dated 27 February 2025. No substantive parliamentary speech, argument, proposal, question, or policy reference is provided to summarize.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Members of Parliament
AI summary Members of Parliament elected at the 14 November 2024 General Election were listed, with names, districts or National List status, and in some cases the date from which National List Members took office. The extract functions as a procedural roll of Members rather than a debate speech, recording representation across electoral districts and parties for the new Parliament.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Mr. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- 2 Papers Papers: Ministerial Notifications and Reports (Excise Ordinance, Foundation and Corporate Reports, Public Finance Committee Report) 3 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions: Citizens' Petitions Presented by Multiple Members 8 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Grade 5 Scholarship Exam 2024 - Leak of Questions (Q.105/2024) 21 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Questions: Power Generation (Q.153/2024), Human-Elephant Conflict (Q.188/2024), Majma Nagar Cemetery (Q.291/2024), Public Service Commission Uva Province (Q.389/2025) 19 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question under Standing Order 27(2): Rule of Law and Inclusive Justice System 9 speeches
- 7 Debate Debate: Committee Stage of the 2025 Appropriation Bill - Special Expenditure Heads (Heads 1-25) and Amendments 76 speeches
- 8 Adjournment Adjournment: Motion on Prevention of Relocation of Norwood Divisional Secretariat to Hatton 19 speeches