Sitting of Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening and Speaker's Announcements 9 speeches ▸
2. 2 Committee report Committee Reports 2 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions 8 speeches ▸
4. 4 Procedural Procedural Matters: National Police Commission and Standing Orders 29 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Children of Incarcerated Mothers 18 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: UN Human Rights Report on Sri Lanka 8 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question No. 1 – 1180/2025: AWOL Service Members 11 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Questions Nos. 03, 04, 05: Prison Inmates, Mahiyangana Fair, GN Offices in Vavuniya 27 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Second Round Questions and Standing Order 27(2) Questions 16 speeches ▸
10. 10 Procedural Ministry Statements: Brain Drain, Kankesanthurai Port, Government Translators Service 11 speeches ▸
11. 11 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: National Police Commission Powers 8 speeches ▾
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    • The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka SJB

      AI summary Gayantha Karunathilleka informed the House that, under Standing Order 19(2), an Opposition Member had been entrusted with moving an Adjournment Debate on an urgent matter of public importance. He indicated the required support, after which more than twenty Opposition Members rose to meet the procedural requirement.

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    • The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law SJB

      AI summary Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, invoking Standing Order 19(2), moved that Parliament intervene to protect the independence of the National Police Commission. He cited media reports of a Special Gazette assigning powers over transfers of Officers-in-Charge to the Inspector-General of Police, arguing that this may undermine the Commission established in 1991 and strengthened under the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Amendments.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa JJB

      AI summary The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa said the Government was willing to allow debate on the matter, rather than defeat it immediately. He proposed convening a Party Leaders’ meeting and scheduling the debate for the following day, citing a special discussion that evening on narcotics suppression with the Minister of Public Security and officials.

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    • The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB

      AI summary Dayasiri Jayasekara raised an urgent concern ahead of a Police Commission meeting scheduled for the following day, referring to pressure to transfer certain powers to the IGP. He emphasized the significance of the matter, comparing it to the importance of narcotics-related issues, and stated that action should proceed by consensus.

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12. 12 Debate Debate: Supplementary Sum - Head 117 - Programme 02 (Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation) 84 speeches ▸
13. 13 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Release of Sri Lanka Ports Authority Lands in Trincomalee District 16 speeches ▸