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Sitting of Tuesday, 8 July 2025

10th Parliament· 17 debates· 194 speeches· 66 speakers

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  2. 2 Papers Announcements and Papers 14 speeches
    • The Hon. Speaker procedural
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    • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament JJB

      AI summary Moved that the relevant Report be printed. The motion was put to the House, agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be printed.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, the Minister laid a series of 2024 performance reports from key government departments, including Valuation, Excise, State Accounts, Management Services, Development Finance, Project Management and Monitoring, Import and Export Control, Information Technology Management, National Budget, Legal Affairs, Foreign Resources and National Planning. He proposed that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, six 2024 performance or annual performance reports were tabled, covering the National Police Commission, Finance Commission, Audit Service Commission, Delimitation Commission, Public Service Commission, and Presidential Secretariat. It was proposed that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice and Civil Security, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip tabled the 2024 Annual Performance Reports of the Ministry’s Media Division and the Government Printing Department. He proposed that both reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development tabled Orders under the Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act, No. 2 of 2018, as published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2429/32 of 27 March 2025. The House agreed to the motion.

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    • The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government tabled the Ministry’s Annual Performance Report for 2024. He proposed that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice and Civil Security, and the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing presented the 2023 Annual Report of the Urban Settlement Development Authority and the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Ministry. He proposed that both reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development, which the House agreed to.

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    • The Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage - Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports tabled the 2024 Annual Performance Reports of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Department of Sports Development. He proposed that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Labour Force and Human Resources, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs tabled the Ministry’s Annual Performance Report for 2024. He proposed that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice and Civil Security, and the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary The Minister laid the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Christian Religious Affairs on behalf of the Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs. He proposed that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Labour Force and Human Resources, which was agreed to by the House.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva SJB

      AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva tabled the Report of the Committee on Public Finance on regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2437/04 of 19 May 2025. The report, concerning regulations referred to the Committee, was ordered to lie upon the Table.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe JJB

      AI summary Laid before Parliament the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment report on the 2023 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services and the 2022 and 2023 Annual Reports of the National Child Protection Authority. The reports had been referred to the Committee and were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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    • The Hon. Aravinda Senarath JJB

      AI summary The Hon. Aravinda Senarath tabled the First Report of the Committee on Public Accounts for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament.

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