Sitting of Friday, 21 November 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 22936 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Announcements 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Tabling of Papers: Regulations and Annual Reports 4 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions Presented to Parliament 1 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Vavuniya Dedicated Economic Centre (Question No. 1) 9 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Medical Centres Providing Siddha Medicine in Mullaitivu, Mannar and Vavuniya Districts (Question No. 4) 7 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Provision of Jobs for Unemployed Graduates (Question No. 5) 3 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Questions: Second Round – Unemployed Graduates and Bovine Semen 5 speeches
- 8 Procedural Points of Order and Procedural Matters 3 speeches
- 9 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Vacancies and Cadre Revision of Base Hospital, Puttalam 14 speeches
- 10 Debate Appropriation Bill, 2026 – Committee Stage Debate: Twelfth Allotted Day 112 speeches
- 11 Procedural Committee Stage Report – Heads Passed 1 speeches
- 12 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Improvement of Facilities for Salt Production in Kinniya DS Division 6 speeches
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament JJB
AI summary Bimal Rathnayake, as Leader of the House, moved the adjournment of Parliament. The Presiding Member then proposed the question for consideration.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - Mr. Presiding Member
AI summary The Presiding Member called the Adjournment Motion and invited Hon. Imran Maharoof to speak, noting he had 10 minutes. The motion concerned improving facilities for salt production in the Kinniya Divisional Secretariat Division.
Infrastructure Full speech → - The Hon. Imran Maharoof SJB
AI summary Hon. Imran Maharoof moved an Adjournment Motion calling for government support to regularize and develop small-scale salt production in the Kinniya Divisional Secretariat area of Trincomalee District. He said around 300 families work across about 60 acres but face inadequate technical knowledge, storage, machinery, infrastructure, finance and market access, despite the area’s suitability for salt production. He requested site identification, training, laboratory facilities for iodization and grading, storage and road infrastructure, sluice gates, lighting, easier bank loans, youth engagement and Salt Corporation supervision to raise production to national market standards.
- Mr. Presiding Member
AI summary The Presiding Member noted that the motion had been seconded and called on Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen to speak, allocating him five minutes.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen SJB
AI summary Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen supported the Adjournment Motion on salt production in Kinniya, noting the area’s dense population and potential to expand local production. He argued that promoting salt production in Kinniya and other suitable districts could create employment, support regional development, reduce imports, and improve foreign exchange outcomes. He requested the Minister to send a study team, prepare work plans, provide training and loan facilities, and allocate funds in the next Budget to support salt producers.
- The Hon. Sunil Handunnetti - Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development JJB
AI summary Hon. Sunil Handunnetti supported the Adjournment Motion on the salt shortage affecting Kinniya’s fisheries sector and said suitable areas for local salt production, including Vilveli and Kachchakoditheevu, had been identified. He proposed technical support through National Salt Limited, better laboratory, storage and worker facilities, organization of producer associations, and concessional loans of up to Rs. 25 million at about 7 percent interest for private salterns and related livelihoods. He asked local representatives to identify further sites and potential entrepreneurs through district coordination mechanisms, and suggested starting a model salt production unit in Vilveli to meet local demand.