Sitting of Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Papers Papers presented 3 speeches ▾
   • Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne

     AI summary Several papers were presented to Parliament. The Speaker then put a question to the House, which was agreed to.

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   • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament JJB

     AI summary On behalf of the Minister of Environment, Bimal Rathnayake presented reports on observations and actions taken concerning the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation and its institutions, as submitted by the Committee on Public Accounts under Standing Order 119(4). He proposed that the reports be referred back to the Committee on Public Accounts, and the House agreed.

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   • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation JJB

     AI summary The Minister presented the report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation covering several annual and performance reports from agencies under the agriculture, livestock, land and irrigation sectors. The documents included reports from fertilizer, post-harvest, livestock, engineering, animal production, irrigation and agrarian development institutions for various years, and were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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2. 2 Petitions Petitions presented 5 speeches ▸
3. 3 Oral question Oral Question 1: Shakya Kingdom replica at Kahapola (Q.481/2025) 5 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question 2: National Equipment and Machinery Organization (Q.4838/2025) 6 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question 3: Gemstone mining licences in Wellawaya (Q.489/2025) 6 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question 4: Arabic schools curriculum (Q.481/2025) 2 speeches ▸
7. 7 Procedural Ministerial Statement: Online Safety Act and tax on export services 20 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Ministerial Statements and Points of Order 76 speeches ▸
9. 9 Procedural Ministerial Statement: Salary increases for doctors (Budget 2025) 1 speeches ▸
10. 10 Procedural Personal Explanations 5 speeches ▸
11. 11 Procedural Notices of Motions: Privilege matter 2 speeches ▸
12. 12 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage 103 speeches ▸
13. 13 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Flood Mitigation in Ratnapura District 10 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Adjournment of Parliament 2 speeches ▸