Sitting of Monday, 17 March 2025
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Order of business
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- 1 Opening Speaker's Announcements and Ministerial Special Mentions 3 speeches
- 2 Committee report Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports 1 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions Presentation 3 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Answers to Questions (Q.504/2025, Q.510/2025, Q.483/2025, Q.493/2025) 16 speeches
- 5 Procedural Sectoral Oversight Committees Appointment Motion 2 speeches
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament JJB
AI summary Minister Bimal Rathnayake moved a motion under Standing Order 111 to appoint seven Sectoral Oversight Committees, each comprising 12 Members nominated by the Committee of Selection with a quorum of three; the motion was agreed to. He also outlined which committees would be chaired by the Government or the Opposition. Additionally, he invoked Standing Order 91(f) to request an inquiry and appropriate action regarding an allegation that an MP used extreme sexual vilification against Attorney-at-Law Swasthika Arulingam.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Mr. Speaker procedural
- 6 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Debate on Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs and Ministry of Environment 103 speeches
- 7 Procedural Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Amendments 8 speeches
- 8 Procedural Galle Heritage Foundation Annual Report Motion 1 speeches
- 9 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Necessity of Drafting a New Constitution 11 speeches