Sitting of Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches ▸
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 ▾
    • The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera - Deputy Minister of Defence JJB

      AI summary The Deputy Minister of Defence stated that he intended to respond to a question raised by the Leader of the Opposition under Standing Order 27(2). No substantive details of the answer or policy issue were provided in the excerpt.

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    • The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan ITAK

      AI summary Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan raised a point of order. No substantive issue, proposal, or argument is recorded in the provided excerpt.

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    • The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan ITAK

      AI summary Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan objected to being denied the opportunity to ask a second supplementary question. He appealed to the Speaker to allow him the same opportunity given to others.

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    • The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera - Deputy Minister of Defence JJB

      AI summary The Deputy Minister of Defence provided responses to parts of the Opposition Leader’s Standing Order 27(2) question concerning General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, noting that issues outside the Defence Ministry’s remit had been referred to the Ministry of Education. He stated that the Government had spent Rs. 12,462 million to establish KDU, excluding annual recurrent expenditure, and that the MBBS programme fee was Rs. 17.5 million in the current year, up from Rs. 15 million the previous year.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna Independent Group 17 - Jaffna

      AI summary Raised a point of order seeking clarification on whether two supplementary questions may be asked under Standing Order 27(2). He noted that this has been permitted on some occasions and questioned why Hon. Shritharan was not given that opportunity on this occasion.

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    • The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera - Deputy Minister of Defence JJB

      AI summary The Deputy Minister of Defence provided figures on the Government’s recurrent cost of training a medical student, estimating Rs. 495,000 annually and Rs. 2.475 million over five years, excluding clinical training and KDU Teaching Hospital maintenance costs. He stated that applications for non-cadet local medical students for the 2025/2026 academic year at KDU have been called online and that clinical training is conducted by KDU faculty specialists and specialists from KDU, state, and tri-forces hospitals. He noted that questions 4, 5, and 6 would be answered by the relevant Ministry.

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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 ▸