Sitting of Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 23378 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening Announcements 1 speeches
- 2 Oral question Oral Question 1289/2025: Lands belonging to Land Reform Commission - Transfer 5 speeches
- 3 Procedural Questions on Order Paper - Q.1312/2025, Q.1323/2025 3 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question 1347/2025: Takeover of Maduwanwela Walawwa by Department of Archaeology 6 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question 1477/2025: Use of Street Lighting Lamps by Local Authorities 6 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question 1312/2025: Minimum Fixed Price for Paddy from 2015-2023 2 speeches
- 7 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Reforms to Piriven Education (Standing Order 27(2)) 19 speeches
- 8 Procedural Procedural Matters - Points of Order and Standing Order 27(2) clarifications 11 speeches
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra sought leave from the Chair under the Standing Orders to raise a point of Order.
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- The Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra cited Standing Order 91(h), which prohibits Members from imputing improper motives to another Member or referring to a Member’s conduct or character in a derogatory manner. The intervention appears to raise a point of order concerning parliamentary decorum and language used in debate.
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- The Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra objected to remarks made by Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe concerning Hon. Hiruni Wijesinghe, describing them as misogynistic and harmful to women’s participation in politics. She requested that the remarks be expunged from Hansard and that Hon. Senasinghe publicly apologize, while urging the Speaker’s intervention and calling on the SJB to address the matter.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna Independent Group 17 - Jaffna
AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna rose on a point of Order. No substantive argument, proposal, or question was recorded in the excerpt provided.
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AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna invoked Standing Order 27(2) to raise a matter of urgent public importance, noting that such questions may be asked by the Leader of the Opposition or a recognized party leader. He stated that he had already spoken to the Minister of Health and Mass Media, and began to raise an issue concerning Jaffna in Tamil, but the provided excerpt is incomplete and does not state the substantive matter.
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- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Hon. Bimal Rathnayake raised a procedural point under Standing Order 27(2), noting that its wording refers to notice being given to “the Minister” in the singular for questions of urgent public importance. He requested a ruling from the Speaker on the interpretation and application of that provision.
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