Sitting of Tuesday, 22 July 2025
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Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening: Awareness Programme for Newly Elected Members 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports of Various Institutions (2023) 4 speeches
- 3 Committee report Committee Reports: Environment, Education, Infrastructure Bills 3 speeches
- 4 Petitions Petitions: Citizens' Petitions Presented 3 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Sale of Petroleum (Q.2/2024) 5 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Establishment of Rajya Osusala - Batticaloa District 5 speeches
- 7 Procedural Procedural: Question No. 3 Deferred 1 speeches
- 8 Oral question Oral Question: Active Accounts in Employees' Provident Fund (Q.4/2024) 5 speeches
- 9 Oral question Oral Question: National Minimum Wage and Plantation Workers Wages 15 speeches
- 10 Oral question Oral Question: Construction of Milleniya Export Processing Zone (Q.5/2024) 9 speeches
- 11 Procedural Procedural: Speaker's Time Management Announcement 1 speeches
- 12 Oral question Oral Question: Migrant Workers - Remittances (Q.6/2024) 10 speeches
- 13 Oral question Oral Question: Mosque at Mahara Prison Premises 7 speeches
- 14 Procedural Procedural: Leader's Time Management Notice 1 speeches
- 15 Oral question Oral Question: Post of Sub-Inspector of Police - Recruitments (Q.7/2024) 21 speeches
- 16 Oral question Oral Question: Airlines and Aviation Services (Q.8/2024) 7 speeches
- 17 Oral question Oral Question: Sugar Demand and Production (Q.10/2024) 5 speeches
- 18 Oral question SO 27(2) Question: Human-Elephant Conflict 21 speeches
- 19 Oral question SO 27(2) Question: Ferry Service Thalaimannar-Rameswaram 25 speeches
- 20 Procedural Questions of Privilege: Incidents at Airport and COPE Committee 15 speeches
- The Hon. Deputy Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi raised a Question of Privilege regarding an incident on 6 July 2025, when Police stopped his vehicle at Fort around 11.00 p.m. after he had collected his son from Katunayake Airport. He stated that despite denying he had consumed alcohol, explaining the circumstances, showing his Parliamentary ID, and offering to recall his driver, the officers insisted he was under the influence while his ill wife was also in the vehicle.
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- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Dilip Wedaarachchi requested additional time from the Deputy Speaker, indicating that he was raising a matter of privilege. No substantive details of the privilege issue were provided in the excerpt.
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- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi alleged that Police stopped him, took his vehicle keys, removed the vehicle, and took him and his son to a third-floor room for a breathalyzer test while his wife remained alone in the car. He stated that the test was negative, that he had not consumed alcohol, and that he was nevertheless harassed for about half an hour.
- The Hon. Deputy Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi alleged that an incident involving him was a deliberate attempt to defame him and harm his reputation as a Member of Parliament. He stated that this occurred despite his producing his parliamentary identity card and providing his MP number.
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- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi raised a privilege-related concern over an incident in which he, his wife, and son were taken to the police during a traffic-related matter. Citing a past instance where Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara summoned police officers to Parliament after a similar complaint, he requested that the Speaker similarly summon the relevant DIG and OIC, question them, and instruct police to safeguard the dignity and self-respect of all Members of Parliament.
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- The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi SJB
AI summary Dilip Wedaarachchi objected to conduct he viewed as undermining the dignity of Members of Parliament and appealed to the Deputy Speaker to safeguard parliamentary respect and decorum. He stressed that MPs should act with self-respect and added that those who have consumed alcohol should not drive vehicles.
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- The Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella denied allegations reportedly made before COPE that 43 acres of the government-owned Hantana Estate had been illegally transferred to her through political influence. Citing several provisions of the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act, she argued that the statements were false, defamatory, insulting, and amounted to a breach of her parliamentary privileges. She requested that the matter be referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges and that necessary action be taken.
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- 21 Procedural Procedural: Sitting Hours Extension and Land Development Bill First Reading 3 speeches
- 22 Debate Debate: National Minimum Wage of Workers and Budgetary Relief Allowance Bills (Second and Third Readings) 118 speeches
- 23 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Safeguarding Local Sugar Industry 20 speeches