Sitting of Thursday, 22 May 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Speaker's Announcements: Seminar for Sectoral Oversight Committees 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Committee report Presentation of Committee Reports 2 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Presentation of Petitions 9 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Grant of Lands by Mahaweli Authority for Large-Scale Projects (Q.1/2025) 6 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Teachers' Colleges Training Programme (Q.2/2025) 4 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education JJB

     AI summary There are eight Teachers’ Colleges in Sri Lanka, and the Government plans to further develop them as centres for continuous teacher training rather than close them. The Prime Minister stated that Teachers’ Colleges will be integrated with nearby National Colleges of Education to increase student intake and residential capacity, with an intended intake of 2,175 and hostel capacity expansion to 766 supported by Budget allocations. She also said short-term residential courses for teacher capacity development will be conducted through Teachers’ Colleges during the year.

     Education Full speech →
   • The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy JJB

     AI summary Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy briefly informed the House that the supplementary question would be asked by Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran. No policy argument or substantive proposal was made.

     Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →
   • The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran JJB

     AI summary Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran asked the Prime Minister why Tamil-medium courses at the Vavuniya Teachers’ College had been discontinued since 2007. He sought clarification on whether the courses could be restarted and whether any obstacles prevent their resumption, noting that students in the area and elsewhere lack access to the college in Tamil medium.

     Education Full speech →
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sinhala-medium courses at Vavuniya College had been stopped after 2016 due to rationalization and teacher shortages in the war context. She said the Government has intervened and plans to reintroduce Sinhala-medium courses from the next intake, beginning where possible with primary teacher training.

     EducationEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution Full speech →
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Tea Smallholders in Kalutara District (Q.3/2025) 6 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Question No. 4 (Q.718/2025) - Stand Down 3 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Grant of State Land in Mahiyanganaya Town (Q.5/2025) 6 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Takeover of Community Water Supply Centres by NWSDB (Q.6/2025) 6 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Sand Mining Permits and Stray Dog Control (Q.7/2025) 12 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: University Hostels and Student Allowances (Q.8/2025) 4 speeches ▸
12. 12 Oral question Oral Question: Minimum Monthly Wage for Migrant Workers (SO 27(2)) 4 speeches ▸
13. 13 Papers Papers: Presentation of Regulations I to XI 2 speeches ▸
14. 14 Debate Debate: Regulations under Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 and Disposal of Property Act Resolutions 78 speeches ▸
15. 15 Papers Resolutions under Appropriation Act, No. 34 of 2023 10 speeches ▸
16. 16 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Empowerment of Small and Medium Exporters in Northern Province 24 speeches ▸