Sitting of Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Speaker's Announcements: Committee to Look into Legal Basis for Parliamentary Committee Recommendations 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Paper: Annual Report of Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparel 2022 1 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Govijana Seva Bank, Mihintale - Loan Granted to Janatha Lanka Chillie Marketing Ltd. (Q.495/2025) 1 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Questions: Teachers' Service and Principals' Service Salary Anomalies (Q.502/2025), Estates in Badulla District Drinking Water Projects (Q.505/2025), Damage to Cultivations by Wild Animals (Q.498/2025) 7 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question under Standing Order 27(2): Export of Sri Lanka's Textiles and Apparels and Ministerial Clarifications 11 speeches ▸
7. 7 Procedural Ministerial Statement: Health Sector Strike by Paramedical and Allied Health Professionals 2 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Privilege Question: Conduct at COPE Meeting Regarding Gem Lot 8 speeches ▾
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   • The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF

     AI summary Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake objected to a personal remark allegedly made by a Government-side member at the COPE meeting of 6 March 2025 regarding a National Gem and Jewellery Authority gem lot. He said accusations against him and the Chairman and Board he appointed related to a matter that predated their appointment, and that the Authority released the lot on the Attorney-General’s advice after court orders and payment of the maximum fine permitted. He urged COPE members to avoid personal insults and uphold the dignity of the Committee.

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   • The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF

     AI summary Chamara Sampath Dasanayake sought the Speaker’s permission to make a brief comment, stating that he had read the relevant matter. No substantive policy position, proposal, or question was presented in the excerpt.

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   • The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF

     AI summary Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake emphasized the importance of COPE as a public accountability forum attended by the Auditor General and noted the need for proper conduct in its proceedings. He raised concern that COPE currently has no Opposition Members and consists only of Government-side members, and tabled an Attorney-General’s letter addressed to the Chairman of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority for the Speaker’s attention.

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   • The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF

     AI summary Chamara Sampath Dasanayake requested that COPE members, including the Auditor General, be summoned and instructed on proper conduct. He also responded to personal remarks about his appearance, stating that such comments did not concern him but implying concern over the conduct of government members.

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9. 9 Debate Appropriation Bill 2025, Twenty-third Allotted Day - Committee Stage: Heads 149, 303, 194 and 219 (Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Youth Affairs and Sports) 87 speeches ▸
10. 10 Papers Paper: Annual Report of National Youth Services Council for year ended 31.12.2024 1 speeches ▸
11. 11 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Protection and Support for Migrant Workers Abroad 9 speeches ▸