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Sitting of Friday, 5 December 2025

10th Parliament· 18 debates· 213 speeches· 92 speakers

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  7. 7 Oral question Oral Questions - Paddy Marketing Board and Divisional Secretaries Divisions (Q.1349/2025) 4 speeches
    • The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Upul Kithsiri) JJB

      AI summary Darmapriya Wijesinghe, on behalf of Upul Kithsiri, asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Lands for details on Paddy Marketing Board funding and procurement. The question sought year-by-year allocations for purchasing paddy from 2020 to 2024, and the expected quantity of paddy to be purchased in 2025 along with the funds to be allocated for that purpose.

      Agriculture Full speech →
    • The Hon. Namal Karunaratne - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock JJB

      AI summary Deputy Minister Namal Karunaratne tabled a response detailing Rs. 23,015.5 million in loans and allocations obtained from banks, the Farmers’ Trust Fund and the Treasury for paddy-related activities from 2020 to 2025. For 2025, he stated that the Paddy Marketing Board expects to purchase 48,000 metric tons of paddy with Rs. 6,000 million allocated, while concessionary Treasury loans are available to small and medium mill owners. He said PMB stocks are partly kept as a buffer and partly milled and distributed through Lanka Sathosa and cooperatives, but there is no plan for a joint public-private integrated purchase mechanism because the Government’s objective is to maintain buffer stocks and ensure fair prices for farmers.

      Agriculture Full speech →
    • The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka on behalf of the Hon. Imran Maharoof

      AI summary Gayantha Karunathilleka, on behalf of Imran Maharoof, asked the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government for detailed demographic and administrative information on Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions and Grama Niladhari Divisions in the Trincomalee District. He also sought data on electoral divisions and queried the distribution of Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions across Mutur, Trincomalee and Seruwila, asking whether the Government recognizes any injustice to Tamil-speaking majority areas and whether new separate divisions will be created for Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Kinniya and Thopur.

      Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionCorruption & Governance Reform Full speech →
    • The Hon. (Prof.) A.-H.M.H. Abayarathna

      AI summary The Minister tabled a written answer detailing the Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions, population, ethnic composition, GN Divisions, and electoral divisions of the Trincomalee District based on 2024 data. He stated that the district has three electoral divisions—Seruwila, Trincomalee, and Mutur—with a total population of 500,651, and listed the allocation of DSDs to those electorates. On a related delimitation issue, he said the matter was not admitted but could be considered under a Cabinet decision of 12 August 2025 to appoint a new committee to re-examine the 2012 and 2021 delimitation recommendations and gazette new administrative boundaries.

      Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →