Sitting of Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening: Parliament Met 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports and Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports 2 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

     AI summary The Minister presented several annual and performance reports on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, including reports from universities, HDFC Bank, the Public Utilities Commission, the Employees’ Trust Fund Board, and the Cabinet Office. He proposed referring them to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committees on education and labour, economic development, and public administration, and the House agreed to each referral.

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   • The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration JJB

     AI summary The Minister of Justice and National Integration presented the Ministerial Consultative Committee report concerning Orders made under the Reciprocal Recognition, Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. The Orders, issued under Sections 2(1) and 1(2), had been published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2429/51 dated 28 March 2025, and the report was ordered to lie upon the Table.

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3. 3 Petitions Petitions: Five Petitions Accepted 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Questions: Questions 1–2 (School Projects, Ministers' Answers and Supplementaries) and Q.633/2025 (stood down), Q.636/2025 (Limestone Transport), Q.715/2025 (Kukuleganga Access Road), Q.724/2025 (Suwaseya Ambulance Service), Q.792/2025 (Bus Route Permits), Minuwangoda Shopping Complex, Tea Factories, and Social Media Provisions 52 speeches ▸
5. 5 Procedural Procedural: Urgent Debate Motion on Israel–Iran War (Standing Order 19) 10 speeches ▸
6. 6 Debate Debate: Orders under Reciprocal Recognition, Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act No. 49 of 2024 44 speeches ▸
7. 7 Procedural Procedural: Adjournment Motion Dispute and House Adjournment 54 speeches ▸