Sitting of Thursday, 7 August 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening of Parliament and Chair Announcements 1 speeches ▸
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 ▾
    • The Hon. Speaker procedural
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    • The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan SJB

      AI summary Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan clarified a reference in an Oral Question answer given on 05.08.2025 regarding President’s Fund scholarships after 2005. He stated that the 2006 scholarship entry referring to “V. Radhakrishnan” and his wife was wrongly associated with him in media reports, and that it referred to Perumalpillai Radhakrishnan, while he himself was then a Provincial Councillor and not an MP.

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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 ▸