Sitting of Saturday, 15 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Announcements - Resignation of Hon. Mohamed Sali Naleem 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports Tabled 2 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions 3 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Projects Planned on Land of Walahanduwa Estate, Galle (Q.255/2024) 6 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Provisions for Electricity to Isolated Villages and Houses (Q.429/2025) 6 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Road from IDH to Kolonnawa Junction Development (Q.275/2024) 2 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Samurdhi Development Officers and Samurdhi Managers Details (Q.382/2025) 2 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Rohitha Abegunawardhana) SJB

     AI summary Gayantha Karunathilleka, on behalf of Rohitha Abegunawardhana, raised Question No. 382/2025 to the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment seeking details on Samurdhi Development Officers and Samurdhi Managers. The intervention appears to be a procedural parliamentary question requesting information from the Ministry rather than a substantive debate speech.

     Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage - Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment JJB

     AI summary As Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment, Dr. Upali Pannilage tabled figures on Samurdhi staffing, vacancies, retirements and pensions, noting 17,624 Samurdhi Development Officers and 2,093 Samurdhi Managers in service as of 31 January 2025, with approval sought to fill 2,513 Development Officer vacancies. He outlined the supervisory structure, functions and promotion schemes for Samurdhi Development Officers and Managers, and reported that most pending pension files for retired officers had been forwarded to the Department of Pensions or were being regularized. He also detailed Samurdhi programme plans, including 1,097 Samurdhi Bank Societies, the 2025–2029 empowerment of two million low-income families under Aswasuma, the “Sipdora” scholarship programme for 56,000 A/L students in 2025, and concessional microfinance lending through Samurdhi Banks.

     Cost of LivingPublic Finance Full speech →
8. 8 Procedural Procedural: Point of Order on Public Petitions and Committee Discussion (Q.429/2025 Answer) 10 speeches ▸
9. 9 Opening Ministerial Statement: Provision of Smart Boards and Equipment for Schools 2 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025, Twenty-first Allotted Day - Committee Stage, Head 112 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism) 71 speeches ▸
11. 11 Papers Papers: Annual Reports - Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management 4 speeches ▸