Sitting of Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening: National Audit (Amendment) Bill - Supreme Court Decision 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Tabling of Annual and Performance Reports 6 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions 9 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Poverty Eradication Programmes (Q.59/2025) 32 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Cases Filed by Attorney-General's Department (Q.2/2025) 13 speeches ▸
6. 6 Procedural Procedural: Record on Second Reading Debate - Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill 1 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. S.M. Marikkar SJB

     AI summary Hon. S.M. Marikkar reported on the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development’s consideration of the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill ahead of its Second Reading. He stated that the Committee reviewed stakeholder views, sought the Attorney-General’s concurrence on several issues, approved amendments relating to LTL Holdings residual shares, PUCSL consumer protection proposals, and directors’ liabilities, and retained the principal Act’s provision on transmission schemes. He added that the Ministry had submitted the Attorney-General-based amendments to Cabinet and that the Committee confirmed on 5 August 2025 that the Cabinet Memorandum contained nothing beyond what had been discussed.

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7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Sri Lanka Customs - Release of Containers without Inspection (Q.1/2025) 7 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Ceylon Electricity Board Power Cut Decision (Q.1/2025) 8 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Hospitals Governed under Central Provincial Council (Q.1/2025) 21 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Agricultural Crop Export Producers and Regulatory Framework (Q.1/2025) 6 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question (Standing Order 27(2)): Review of Policies in the Leasing Sector 6 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Ministerial Statement: Response to Question on Foreign Direct Investment (2025-07-09) 7 speeches ▸
13. 13 Procedural Personal Explanations and Committee Resignations 7 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Procedural: First Reading of Institute of Facilities Management Sri Lanka Bill 1 speeches ▸
15. 15 Debate Debate: Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading, Committee and Third Reading 93 speeches ▸
16. 16 Papers Papers: Order under Tobacco Tax Act and Regulations under Tea Act 2 speeches ▸
17. 17 Adjournment Adjournment: Parliamentary Adjournment and Adjournment Questions 13 speeches ▸
18. 18 Adjournment Closing: Adjournment of Parliament 1 speeches ▸