Sitting of Thursday, 7 August 2025

Order of business

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

     AI summary The Speaker announced that following Hon. Aravinda Senarath’s resignation as Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts effective 6 August 2025, the Committee will meet on 12 September 2025 under Standing Order 132(1) to elect a new Chairman. He also tabled the 2026 Budget Estimate of the National Audit Office under Section 34 of the National Audit Act, No. 19 of 2018, and Part IV of the First Volume of the Auditor-General’s Report for 2024 under Article 154(6) of the Constitution, after which the House ordered the report to be printed.

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2. 2 Papers Tabling of Reports and Petitions 13 speeches ▸
3. 3 Oral question Oral Question: Arable LRC Lands in Monaragala District (Q.2/2025) 6 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Projects Approved with Indian Government Assistance - Eastern Province (Q.3/2025) 6 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: E.L. Irfan and K.S. Nishfar - Compensation for Boat Accident (Q.4/2025) 6 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Regulation of Fertilizer Act - Maximum Penalty on Fake Fertilizer Manufacturers (Q.5/2025) 6 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Land Issue in Humbuluwa Village, Alawwa, Dambadeni (Q.6/2025) 6 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Combined Allowance for Public Health Midwives (Q.7/2025) 7 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Bachelor's Degree Requirement for NIE Recruitment (Q.8/2025) 6 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Land Granted to Private Plantation Companies from State-Owned Lands (Q.9/2025) 6 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: Specialist Doctors' Services in Sri Lanka (Q.10/2025) 6 speeches ▸
12. 12 Oral question Oral Question: Graduate Officers in Government Service (Q.11/2025) 2 speeches ▸
13. 13 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Taxes on Imported Electric Vehicles and Issues at Gampaha Wickramarachchi University 11 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Ministry Statements: Gampaha Wickramarachchi University and Teacher Recruitment Procedures 14 speeches ▸
15. 15 Procedural Ministry Statement: Release of Tamil Political Prisoners 4 speeches ▸
16. 16 Procedural Personal Explanation by Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan 2 speeches ▸
17. 17 Procedural Points of Order - Presidents' Entitlements (Repeal) Bill 9 speeches ▸
18. 18 Procedural Bills Presented: Presidents' Entitlements (Repeal) Bill 1 speeches ▸
19. 19 Procedural Sittings of Parliament and Adjournment Resolution 2 speeches ▸
20. 20 Debate Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Bill - Passage 3 speeches ▸
21. 21 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Current Economic Status of the Country 91 speeches ▸