Sitting of Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Stage Play Announcement 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Presentation of Reports and Petitions 7 speeches ▸
3. 3 Oral question Oral Question: Ceylon Electricity Board Restructuring (Q.1/2025) 7 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Investigations into Assassinations, Abductions or Assaults of Journalists Since 2010 (Q.2/2025) 7 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Post of Public Health Midwife - Vacancies (Q.3/2025) 9 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Warehouses of Paddy Marketing Board in Ampara District (Q.8/2025) 8 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: 100,000 Kilometres Alternative Roads Programme in Kalutara District (Q.9/2025) 5 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Fish Death in Beira Lake (Q.10/2025) 2 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Oil Palm Cultivation and Imports (Q.11/2025) 2 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Q.7/2025 - Deferred Answer 3 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: Mannar Water Supply Project (Standing Order 27(2)) 5 speeches ▾
    • The Hon. Speaker procedural
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    • The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan ITAK

      AI summary Under Standing Order 27(2), Sivagnanam Shritharan questioned the Minister of Environment about the suspension of the Mannar Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project, a septage treatment facility funded by the Asian Development Bank and Mannar Urban Council and commissioned in 2015. He said the project had undergone environmental assessment before the area was later declared part of the Wedithalathivu Nature Reserve, and noted a 2023 Court of Appeal petition seeking to stop garbage and wastewater collection and plant operations. He asked on what basis the project was halted, who or what interests prevented its public benefits, and what steps the Ministry would take to recommence and continue the sanitation project.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe - Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply JJB

      AI summary The Minister clarified that the ADB-funded Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project in Mannar, implemented by the NWSDB from 2012 to 2016, was completed within its loan allocation and its septage treatment facility, suction trucks, and public toilets were handed over to the Urban Council. He said the NWSDB had confirmed on 21 October 2025 that the facilities are operational. He distinguished this project from a separate adjacent Solid Waste Management Project reportedly halted on legal grounds, stating that it is not under his Ministry and inquiries on it should be directed to the Urban Council.

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    • The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan ITAK

      AI summary Asked the Minister whether four interim injunctions relating to the Mannar development project create any legal barrier to continuing it. He questioned objections filed from Colombo on environmental grounds, arguing that significant funds had been spent and that blocking the project could leave Mannar in an unhygienic condition.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe JJB

      AI summary The NWSDB-implemented Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project was stated to have been completed, handed over to the Urban Council, and made operational, not stopped. The Member clarified that the reported halt appears to relate to a separate Urban Council-initiated project and requested the exact project name to provide a precise response.

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12. 12 Papers Ministerial Statements: Poverty Alleviation and Industry Development 7 speeches ▸
13. 13 Debate Ministerial Statement and Debate: Power Generation Policy (Minister of Energy) 46 speeches ▸
14. 14 Papers Ministerial Statements: Flood Relief and Defence Updates 4 speeches ▸
15. 15 Procedural Procedural Motions: Exemptions and Sitting Hours 2 speeches ▸
16. 16 Debate Debate: Rules under Excise Ordinance and Special Commodity Levy Order (Session 1) 11 speeches ▸
17. 17 Debate Debate: Rules under Excise Ordinance and Special Commodity Levy Order (Session 2) 64 speeches ▸
18. 18 Procedural Procedural Motion: Approval of Rules and Order 1 speeches ▸
19. 19 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Promote Early Detection of Breast Cancer 21 speeches ▸
20. 20 Procedural Parliament Adjourned 1 speeches ▸