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 ▸
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 ▾
    • The Hon. Deputy Speaker procedural
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    • The Hon. Vijitha Herath - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism JJB

      AI summary The Minister stated that the government remains committed to reconciliation, including a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and strengthened domestic mechanisms, noting that the JVP had proposed such measures shortly after the war ended in 2009. He said accountability institutions such as the OMP and ONUR, now under the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, would be strengthened with Budget allocations, alongside initiatives such as restoring the Jaffna Public Library and promoting cultural harmony. He argued that judicial independence, rule of law and domestic accountability reduce the need for external intervention and have improved international and diaspora confidence. He also outlined foreign employment measures, including proposed social security MoUs with Cyprus and India and discussions with the Maldives to improve formal remittance channels.

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    • The Hon. Vijitha Herath JJB

      AI summary Moved approval of several tourism-sector annual reports with Auditor-General observations, including the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Fund, and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, under relevant provisions of the Tourism Act, No. 38 of 2005. The reports had been considered by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans, and the motions were agreed to. He then moved that Parliament adjourn, which was also agreed to, with the sitting adjourned until 17 March 2025.

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