Sitting of Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Announcements: Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Presentation of Papers and Committee Reports 6 speeches ▾
   • Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya presented several annual and performance reports, including those of the Welfare Benefits Board, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, university institutes, and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, and moved that they be referred to the relevant oversight committees. She also presented rules and orders under the Excise Ordinance and Special Commodity Levy Act for referral to the Committee on Public Finance. An order under the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, issued on the Commission’s recommendations with Cabinet approval and published in July 2025 gazettes, was ordered to lie upon the Table.

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   • Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha presented the Department of Labour’s Annual Performance Report for 2024 and moved that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Manpower and Human Capital. The House agreed to the motion.

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   • Hon. (Mrs.) Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs JJB

     AI summary The Minister of Women and Child Affairs presented, under Standing Order 119(4), the report on observations and actions taken regarding the Department of Probation and Child Care Services as contained in the Committee on Public Accounts report. She moved that the matter be referred to the Committee on Public Accounts, and the motion was agreed to.

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   • Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa presented the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health and Media report covering regulations under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act relating to medicine pricing and stakeholder recommendations, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 of 21 July 2025. He also tabled the 2023 annual reports of the 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation and the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation, which were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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   • Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe presented the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Media and Women’s Empowerment’s report covering the 2022 annual reports of the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation, Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital and Postgraduate Medical Training Centre, and Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, as well as the 2024 Annual Performance Report of the Department of Government Printing. The reports were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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   • Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna JJB

     AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna presented the Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation covering annual reports of ICTA, TRCSL, the Industrial Technology Institute, the National Science and Technology Commission, the National Engineering Research and Development Centre, and the National Research Council. The report was ordered to lie upon the Table.

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3. 3 Petitions Petitions Presented to Parliament 7 speeches ▸
4. 4 Procedural Parliamentary Business and Disaster Management Discussion 6 speeches ▸
5. 5 Procedural Point of Order on Foreign Affairs Statement 7 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question 2 (825/2025): Ministry of Health - Purchase of Medicines 6 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question 3 (859/2025): Agriculture - Stand Down 3 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question 4: Occupants of State Lands in Manmunai Pattu DS Division 6 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question 5: Ceylon Electricity Board Regional Offices 20 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question 7: Safeguard of Interests of Farmers, Traders and Consumers 9 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question 8 (1313/2025): Stand Down 3 speeches ▸
12. 12 Oral question Oral Question 9: First Prison in Sri Lanka and Prison Conditions 6 speeches ▸
13. 13 Oral question Oral Question 10: Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Land at Deniyaya 4 speeches ▸
14. 14 Oral question Oral Question 11: University Faculty Enrolment (Answer Tabled) 2 speeches ▸
15. 15 Oral question Oral Question 12: Religious Activities in Wildlife Conservation Areas (Answer Tabled) 2 speeches ▸
16. 16 Oral question Question by Private Notice (SO 27(2)): Health Services and Drug Shortages 8 speeches ▸
17. 17 Oral question Question by Private Notice (SO 27(2)): Department of Pensions Services 5 speeches ▸
18. 18 Opening Ministerial Statement: Teacher Vacancies and Development Officers 4 speeches ▸
19. 19 Opening Ministerial Statement: Fair Prices for Paddy 2 speeches ▸
20. 20 Opening Ministerial Statement: Tamil Translations of Holy Qur'an 8 speeches ▸
21. 21 Papers Presentation of Bills: Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment) Bill 6 speeches ▸
22. 22 Debate Debate: Regulations under National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act No. 5 of 2015 67 speeches ▸
23. 23 Debate Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill - Committee Stage 4 speeches ▸
24. 24 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability 17 speeches ▸