Sitting of Thursday, 13 November 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 22816 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening and Papers 5 speeches
- 2 Petitions Petitions 3 speeches
- 3 Oral question Oral Question: Kinniya-Colombo Main Road Widening (1350/2025) 4 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Curbing Illegal Fishing in Mullaitivu and Mannar Districts (1352/2025) 4 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Payment of Pension since 2020 (1354/2025) 4 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Heda Oya Water Supply Project Status (1395/2025) 8 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Question: Recovery of EPF Contributions 3 speeches
- 8 Oral question Private Notice Question: Paddy Prices and Rice Imports (27(2)) 8 speeches
- 9 Procedural Privilege Matters and Procedural Issues 10 speeches
- 10 Procedural Sittings Motions and Adjournment of Debate Order 13 speeches
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Moved a motion under Standing Order 75(5) to allot specified dates in November and December 2025 for consideration of the Appropriation Bill (2026). The motion was put to the House and agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved a motion to vary sitting hours, notwithstanding Standing Order 75(2), for 17 and 24 November and 1 December 2025 during consideration of the Appropriation Bill (2026). The motion set sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., with Standing Orders 8(5) and (6) to operate at 6.00 p.m. and adjournment at 6.30 p.m.; it was agreed to by the House.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law, rose on a Point of Order. No substantive argument, proposal, or question was recorded in the provided speech text.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Dayasiri Jayasekara responded to Minister Samantha Viddyarathna’s allegation that he had revealed matters of the Constitutional Council in Parliament. He stated that he had only raised a privilege issue and referred to what had occurred, without disclosing internal deliberations.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. S.M. Marikkar SJB
AI summary S.M. Marikkar questioned whether another member was speaking as if he had participated in or been briefed about a closed-door meeting. He asked whether the Speaker had briefed that member and objected that the member was directing people to ask the Speaker while, in Marikkar’s view, distorting the matter.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure JJB
AI summary K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna briefly responded to Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara’s remark that he was “not all right.” No substantive policy issue, proposal, or legislative matter was raised in the quoted portion.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary A motion was moved to vary the sitting hours, notwithstanding Standing Order 75(2), for specified dates in November and December 2025 to consider the Appropriation Bill (2026). It provided for sittings from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., with Standing Orders 8(5) and (6) operating at 6.00 p.m. and adjournment at 6.30 p.m.; the motion was agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Parliament approved a motion to vary the usual Friday sitting arrangements for the Consideration of the Appropriation Bill (2026). On 21 and 28 November 2025, the House will meet from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., with specified Standing Orders applying at 6.00 p.m. and adjournment at 6.30 p.m.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Bimal Rathnayake moved a motion to suspend Standing Order 75(2) for Friday, 5 December 2025, in relation to consideration of the Appropriation Bill (2026). The motion set the sitting hours for that day from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m., with adjournment at 6.00 p.m.; it was agreed to by the House.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Speaker procedural
- 11 Debate Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Second Reading (Fifth Allotted Day) 84 speeches
- 12 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: National Strategic Plan for Eye Health 23 speeches