Sitting of Monday, 24 November 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Speaker's Announcement: Oral Questions Procedure 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Public Debt Management Regulations 1 speeches ▸
3. 3 Committee report Committee Report: Public Finance Committee on Regulations 1 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva - Chair, Committee on Public Finance SJB

     AI summary The Committee on Public Finance tabled its report on two sets of Civil Aviation-related regulations and noted that the Committee had approved them. The Chair raised concerns about proposed leases of Civil Aviation Authority-owned airport lands to Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Pvt.) Ltd. at Rs. 50,000 per hectare per year, despite potentially high commercial land values in areas such as Katunayake. He stated that a transparent methodology and general policy should be developed for valuing and alienating State lands, and that the matter had been referred to the Ministry of Finance.

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4. 4 Procedural Brief Procedural Clarification on Committee Report 2 speeches ▸
5. 5 Petitions Petitions: Five Citizens' Petitions Accepted 2 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Q.1 (1272/2025) - Request for Adjournment 3 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Agricultural Lands in Pottuvil and Lakugala (Q.2) 6 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Jaffna College of Technology Infrastructure (Q.3) 6 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Education Zones in Trincomalee District (Q.4) 6 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question: Teaching Hospitals (Q.5) 2 speeches ▸
11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: Equal Educational Opportunities - Standing Order 27(2) (Q.6) 10 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Ministerial Statement and Procedural Matters on Archaeology 5 speeches ▸
13. 13 Oral question Oral Question: India Trade Relations - Standing Order 27(2) Response 14 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Ministerial Statements: Defence and Gender-based Violence 3 speeches ▸
15. 15 Debate Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation - Part 1 14 speeches ▸
16. 16 Procedural Adjournment for Lunch 1 speeches ▸
17. 17 Debate Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Transport, Highways, Ports, Civil Aviation, Urban Development, Construction and Housing 115 speeches ▸
18. 18 Papers Civil Aviation Act: Regulations 1 speeches ▸
19. 19 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Land Issues in Verugal DS Division, Trincomalee 20 speeches ▸