Sitting of Wednesday, 9 July 2025
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Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers: Annual Performance Reports 9 speeches
- Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education JJB
AI summary The Prime Minister presented annual and performance reports from the Judicial Service Commission Secretariat, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, and three finance-related departments. She moved that the reports be referred to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committees on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection, and on Economic Development and International Relations, and the motions were agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB
AI summary On behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, four 2024 Annual Performance Reports covering the Ministry’s Irrigation, Lands, Agriculture and Livestock, and former Minor Export Crops Divisions, as well as the Department of Irrigation, were presented. He moved that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management, and the motion was agreed to.
- Hon. Sunil Handunnetti - Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development JJB
AI summary The Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development presented the Ministry’s Annual Performance Report for 2024. He moved that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, and the motion was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure JJB
AI summary Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna presented the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the former Ministry of Water Supply and Rural Infrastructure Development. He moved that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management, which was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development JJB
AI summary The Minister presented the 2022 Performance Report of the Department of Food Commissioner and the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development. He moved that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management, and the motion was agreed to.
- 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 2024 Annual Performance Reports of 25 District Secretariats. He moved that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection, and the motion was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration JJB
AI summary The Minister of Justice and National Integration presented the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Official Languages. He moved that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection, and the House agreed to the motion.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment JJB
AI summary The Minister of Environment presented the Ministry’s Annual Performance Report for 2024 to Parliament. He moved that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management, and the motion was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Najith Indika JJB
AI summary Hon. Najith Indika presented the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection report covering annual reports of the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute, the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board, and the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration for specified years between 2021 and 2023. The report was ordered to lie upon the Table.
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- 3 Petitions Petitions 7 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Digital Transformation and Education Reforms 18 speeches
- 5 Procedural Procedural: Points of Order on Question Time Conduct 22 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Questions to Prime Minister: Pension Disputes and FDI 11 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Question: National Hospital Kandy (Q.614/2025) 7 speeches
- 8 Oral question Oral Question: Fish Catch, Import and Export (Q.637/2025) 18 speeches
- 9 Oral question Oral Question: Ragama–Peralanda Tank Development (Q.6511/2025) 6 speeches
- 10 Oral question Oral Question: CIABOC Cases Against Politicians (Q.712/2025) 7 speeches
- 11 Oral question Oral Question: Velanai DS Division Post Office (Q.950/2025) 7 speeches
- 12 Oral question Questions under Standing Order 27(2): Paddy Purchase, Rice Import, Horticultural Crops; Question of Privilege 13 speeches
- 13 Procedural Procedural: Questions of Privilege and Parliamentary Conduct 18 speeches
- 14 Papers Papers: Rubber Control (Amendment) Bill 3 speeches
- 15 Procedural Procedural: Setting Sitting Hours 1 speeches
- 16 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks (21 April 2019) 146 speeches