Sitting of Friday, 7 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening: Parliament met 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Ministerial Reports and Performance Reports 4 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions: Citizens' Petitions presented 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Procedural Procedural: Oral Answers to Questions announcement 1 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Shortage of Pharmacists and External Pharmacist Examination (Q.492/2025) 8 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Thambapavani Wind Power Station (Q.154/2024) 2 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Haputale and Haldummulla DS Divisions (Q.253/2024) 2 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Ravindra Bandara) JJB

     AI summary On behalf of the Hon. Ravindra Bandara, the Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for detailed information on LRC and other State lands in the Haputale and Haldummulla Divisional Secretariat Divisions. The question sought extents by Grama Niladhari Division, details of lands granted to third parties including recipients, locations and basis of grant, and data on identified and currently cultivated agricultural lands, with reasons requested if the information could not be provided.

     AgricultureLand & Housing Full speech →
   • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB

     AI summary The answer provided figures on Land Reform Commission lands and other State lands in the Haputale and Haldummulla Divisional Secretariats, with detailed breakdowns by Grama Niladhari Division and allocation basis placed in the Library as annexes. It stated that LRC lands total 634.3690 hectares in Haputale and 2,755.2279 hectares in Haldummulla, with specified extents granted for housing and on lease. It also recorded approximately 545.2 hectares of non-LRC State land in Haputale, about 84.480 hectares identified as agricultural land there, and 42.377 hectares under cultivation, while further Haldummulla details were provided in the annexed material.

     Land & HousingParliamentary Procedure Full speech →
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Base Hospital, Puttalam: Drainage System (Q.292/2024) 2 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Sri Lanka Ports Authority Terminals Operations (Q.304/2024) 2 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage (Heads 117, 123, 306, 307, 309-311, 332, 336) 105 speeches ▸