Sitting of Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 1744106534050382 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening and Papers Presented 3 speeches
- 2 Petitions Petitions Presented 3 speeches
- 3 Oral question Oral Question: Mass Media (Q.74/2024(1)) - Postponed 4 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Prison Guard Vacancies (Q.125/2024) 7 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Provincial Commissioner of Revenue - Uva (Q.392/2025) 6 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Scarcity of Coconuts and Archaeological Site Protection (Q.92/2024, Q.210/2024) 4 speeches
- 7 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Reopening of Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka 3 speeches
- 8 Opening Speaker's Announcements and Welcome 2 speeches
- 9 Procedural Ministerial Statements 5 speeches
- 10 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation 120 speeches
- 11 Papers Papers on Annual Reports - MILCO and Land Reform Commission 5 speeches
- 12 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Mitigation of Floods Caused by Nilwala Salinity Barrier 8 speeches
- 13 Papers Written Answers to Questions 1 speeches
- The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government JJB
AI summary No formal disclosure has been made on the criteria for creating new local authorities or Divisional Secretaries’ divisions, but previous delimitation processes considered population, area, urban or rural character, topography and environmental factors. The Minister stated that the Government intends to consider public requests and current needs, and that an expert committee has proposed criteria including population and housing density, service and infrastructure capacity, commercial and industrial distribution, employment and self-generated income, based on the 1999 Local Government Reforms report. He added that Cabinet approved these criteria in 2017 and that ethnic or political considerations are not used in establishing or upgrading local authorities.