Sitting of Thursday, 23 October 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Announcements 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Tabling of Regulations under Sri Lanka Electricity Act 1 speeches ▸
3. 3 Committee report Committee Reports: Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice and Civil Security 3 speeches ▸
4. 4 Petitions Petitions Presented 4 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Tachchankulam–Moonrumurippu Main Road (Q.1/2025) 6 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Train Services to North and East (Q.3/2025) 9 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Road from Weppamkulam to Silawathurai (Q.5/2025) 4 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Alternative Lands Distributed out of LRC Lands (Q.6/2025) 6 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Leased Out LRC Lands in Kandy District (Q.7/2025) 4 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Endenirigama Railway Platform Renovation (Q.8/2025) 2 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: Students Admitted to Government Universities for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (Q.9/2025) 2 speeches ▸
12. 12 Oral question Oral Question: Insurance Coverage for SLTB Buses (Q.10/2025) 2 speeches ▸
13. 13 Oral question Oral Question: SLPA Lands in Trincomalee (Q.11/2025) 2 speeches ▸
14. 14 Oral question Oral Question: Wild Elephants at Horowpothana Elephant Holding Ground (Q.12/2025) 2 speeches ▸
15. 15 Oral question Urgent Question: Digital Infrastructure Outage (Standing Order 27(2)) 5 speeches ▾
    • The Hon. Speaker procedural
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    • The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF

      AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake raised an urgent question under Standing Order 27(2) to the Minister of Technology regarding the 14 October 2025 collapse of the Lanka Government Cloud and recent cyber incidents affecting State institutions, banks and digital services. He asked for clarification on the cause of the failure, whether any external intrusion or data compromise occurred, the number of similar incidents, financial losses, disaster-recovery arrangements, and assurances on the integrity of citizen and institutional data. He also called for a cyber security audit to be tabled, measures to restore confidence in e-Government systems, and consideration of a legally empowered National Cyber Security Command Authority, along with proposed digital transformation and cyber security legislation.

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    • The Hon. Eranga Weeraratne - Deputy Minister of Digital Economy JJB

      AI summary Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne said the LGC service disruption was caused by an internal hard disk utilization failure that triggered an automatic shutdown, with services restored by Saturday night and no evidence of cyber intrusion, data loss, or compromised integrity. He stated that affected institutions used manual processing, ASYCUDA and other separate data-centre systems were not affected, and no quantified financial losses had been reported. He said the Government is procuring LGC 2.5 to introduce centralized secure backups, geo-redundancy, disaster recovery capacity, and real-time monitoring, while also advancing cybersecurity measures including mandatory VAPT, protection of critical information infrastructure, the NCSOC, a new Cyber Security Law, and proposed Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Regulatory Authorities.

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    • The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF

      AI summary Ravi Karunanayake questioned the adequacy of the response time to the ASYCUDA-related disruption, warning that a cyberattack could have more serious consequences across the 21 interconnected institutions. He urged the Government to ensure robust onshore and offshore backups, citing risks to the targeted US$20 billion digital economy and noting reported annual cybercrime costs of up to US$1 billion.

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    • The Hon. Eranga Weeraratne JJB

      AI summary Eranga Weeraratne stated that the week-long period before restoration was necessary to ensure full protection and system integrity. He said the Government is procuring LGC 2.5 and a second cloud to strengthen backups and resilience, while CBSL, SLCERT and the Ministry are conducting public awareness programmes on financial cyber risks such as sharing PINs. He added that upgrades are being carried out to provide resilient digital public infrastructure.

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16. 16 Procedural Privilege Matter: Parliamentary Privilege and Code of Conduct Violation 12 speeches ▸
17. 17 Procedural Procedural Motions: Sitting Hours and Scheduling 4 speeches ▸
18. 18 Procedural Procedural Discussion: Appropriation Bill Amendment and Finance Ministry Clarification 8 speeches ▸
19. 19 Adjournment Adjournment Motion Proposal 4 speeches ▸
20. 20 Debate Adjournment Debate: Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and Nation Together Programme (Ratama Ekata) 95 speeches ▸
21. 21 Oral question Written Answer: Restructure of Ceylon Electricity Board (Q.1460/2025) 3 speeches ▸
22. 22 Oral question Written Answer: Allocation for Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Q.1461/2025) 2 speeches ▸
23. 23 Procedural Speaker's Announcement: Time Extension Request for Question (Q.1462/2025) 1 speeches ▸