Sitting of Tuesday, 5 August 2025
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Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers: Reports and Regulations 6 speeches
- 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 reports be printed, following which the House agreed to the motion. The reports were ordered to be printed.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB
AI summary Presented several finance-related instruments, including customs import duty, excise special provisions, luxury tax on motor vehicles, and tariff duty orders from April 2025 gazettes, and moved that the relevant items be referred to the Committee on Public Finance. Also tabled or presented annual reports and performance reports of universities, the Colombo Port City Economic Commission, the Ministry of Defence, independent commissions, and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, moving their referral to the appropriate oversight committees. With the leave of the House, he further moved to redirect 2024 performance reports of several independent commissions to the Committee on Parliamentary Business and Constitutional Affairs under Standing Order 126; all motions were agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing JJB
AI summary Under the Construction Industry Development Act, No. 33 of 2014, the Minister presented regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2430/13 of 1 April 2025. He moved that the regulations be referred to the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Urban Development, Construction and Housing, and the House agreed.
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 Performance Report of the Legal Aid Commission Department. He moved that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Management, Justice and Security, and the motion was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment JJB
AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi presented the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Department of National Zoological Gardens and the 2024 Performance Report of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. He moved that both reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resources, and the House agreed.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Hon. (Mrs.) Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs JJB
AI summary The Minister of Women and Child Affairs presented the Department of Probation and Child Care Services Annual Performance Report for 2024. She moved that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment, and the motion was agreed to.
- 3 Committee report Committee Report: Public Finance Committee Report 1 speeches
- 4 Petitions Petitions 8 speeches
- 5 Procedural Point of Order: Mannar Wind Power Protest 3 speeches
- 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 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Youth Services Council Circular 14 speeches
- 8 Procedural Procedural: Standing Order 31 Matter and Question 27(2) on Transport Committee 7 speeches
- 9 Debate Ministerial Statement: Lanka Sugar Company - Pelwatte and Sevanagala Sugarcane Farmers 3 speeches
- 10 Debate Ministerial Statements: Trade and Commerce Issues in Jaffna District 11 speeches
- 11 Debate Ministerial Statement: Medical Faculty Suspension at Kotelawala Defence University 10 speeches
- 12 Procedural Privilege Matter: Alleged Weapon Possession 15 speeches
- 13 Procedural Procedural: Motions and Standing Order 91(1) Discussion 12 speeches
- 14 Procedural Procedural: Sittings of Parliament Motion 2 speeches
- 15 Procedural Privilege Motion: Suspension of Live Telecast 2 speeches
- 16 Debate Debate: Resolution to Remove Inspector-General of Police T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon 100 speeches
- 17 Debate Debate: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Regulations 21 speeches
- 18 Procedural Procedural: Justice and National Integration Regulations 1 speeches
- 19 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Koralaipattu Central Divisional Secretariat in Batticaloa 21 speeches