Sitting of Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Order of business

Speeches load per item. Summaries shown here are AI-generated and labelled; verbatim text is on each speech page.

1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches ▾
   • Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne

     AI summary The Chair informed Parliament of a Presidential communication concerning a Public Security Proclamation made under the relevant constitutional provisions. He also announced that the Speaker’s Certificate had been endorsed on the Companies (Amendment) Bill, notified the House of a Supreme Court petition on the Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Bill, and laid specified sections of the Auditor-General’s Reports for 2020 and 2024 before Parliament under Article 154(6) of the Constitution.

     Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →
2. 2 Papers Papers: Reports and Regulations 6 speeches ▸
3. 3 Committee report Committee Report: Public Finance Committee Report 1 speeches ▸
4. 4 Petitions Petitions 8 speeches ▸
5. 5 Procedural Point of Order: Mannar Wind Power Protest 3 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Questions: Education, Energy, President's Fund, Western Provincial Council Vehicles, Public Security, Pirivena Education, Hospitals in Matara, Land Settlement, Coastal Patrol, and Marawila Schools 66 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Youth Services Council Circular 14 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Procedural: Standing Order 31 Matter and Question 27(2) on Transport Committee 7 speeches ▸
9. 9 Debate Ministerial Statement: Lanka Sugar Company - Pelwatte and Sevanagala Sugarcane Farmers 3 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Ministerial Statements: Trade and Commerce Issues in Jaffna District 11 speeches ▸
11. 11 Debate Ministerial Statement: Medical Faculty Suspension at Kotelawala Defence University 10 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Privilege Matter: Alleged Weapon Possession 15 speeches ▸
13. 13 Procedural Procedural: Motions and Standing Order 91(1) Discussion 12 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Procedural: Sittings of Parliament Motion 2 speeches ▸
15. 15 Procedural Privilege Motion: Suspension of Live Telecast 2 speeches ▸
16. 16 Debate Debate: Resolution to Remove Inspector-General of Police T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon 100 speeches ▸
17. 17 Debate Debate: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Regulations 21 speeches ▸
18. 18 Procedural Procedural: Justice and National Integration Regulations 1 speeches ▸
19. 19 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Koralaipattu Central Divisional Secretariat in Batticaloa 21 speeches ▸