Sitting of Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening and Papers Presented 3 speeches ▸
2. 2 Petitions Petitions Presented 3 speeches ▸
3. 3 Oral question Oral Question: Mass Media (Q.74/2024(1)) - Postponed 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Prison Guard Vacancies (Q.125/2024) 7 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Provincial Commissioner of Revenue - Uva (Q.392/2025) 6 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Scarcity of Coconuts and Archaeological Site Protection (Q.92/2024, Q.210/2024) 4 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Reopening of Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka 3 speeches ▸
8. 8 Opening Speaker's Announcements and Welcome 2 speeches ▸
9. 9 Procedural Ministerial Statements 5 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation 120 speeches ▸
11. 11 Papers Papers on Annual Reports - MILCO and Land Reform Commission 5 speeches ▾
    • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha JJB

      AI summary Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha moved for Parliament to approve the 2018 Annual Report of MILCO (Private) Limited, submitted under the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971, together with the Auditor General’s observations. He noted that the report had been considered by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture and its report presented to Parliament; the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha JJB

      AI summary Moved approval of MILCO (Private) Limited’s Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2019, including the Auditor General’s observations presented on 9 February 2024, under Section 14(2)(a) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971. He noted that the report had been considered by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture and its report presented to Parliament, after which the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha JJB

      AI summary Moved approval of the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board’s Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2020, together with the Auditor General’s observations, under Section 12 of the National Audit Act, No. 19 of 2018. He noted that the report had been considered by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture and its report presented to Parliament; the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha JJB

      AI summary Moved approval of the Land Reform Commission’s Annual Reports for 2015 to 2020 under the Land Reform Law, No. 1 of 1972, along with the Auditor General’s observations presented in July 2023. The motion noted prior consideration by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture in November 2023 and presentation of its report to Parliament in May 2024, and was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha JJB

      AI summary Moved that Parliament approve the Land Reform Commission’s 2021 Annual Report, together with the Auditor General’s observations, under the Land Reform Law, No. 1 of 1972. He noted that the report had been considered by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture and subsequently presented to Parliament; the motion was agreed to.

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12. 12 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Mitigation of Floods Caused by Nilwala Salinity Barrier 8 speeches ▸
13. 13 Papers Written Answers to Questions 1 speeches ▸