Sitting of Monday, 17 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Speaker's Announcements and Ministerial Special Mentions 3 speeches ▸
2. 2 Committee report Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports 1 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions Presentation 3 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Answers to Questions (Q.504/2025, Q.510/2025, Q.483/2025, Q.493/2025) 16 speeches ▸
5. 5 Procedural Sectoral Oversight Committees Appointment Motion 2 speeches ▸
6. 6 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Debate on Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs and Ministry of Environment 103 speeches ▸
7. 7 Procedural Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Amendments 8 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Galle Heritage Foundation Annual Report Motion 1 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB

     AI summary Moved approval of the Galle Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Annual Report, submitted under the Galle Heritage Foundation Act, together with the Auditor General’s observations, noting its prior consideration by the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committee. The motion was agreed to, after which the speech made by Hon. Saroja Savitri Paulraj at the United Nations was tabled with permission. He then moved that Parliament adjourn.

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9. 9 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Necessity of Drafting a New Constitution 11 speeches ▸