Sitting of Friday, 5 December 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Opening - Parliament Met, Speaker in Chair, Affirmation of Member 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers - Annual Reports and Committee Reports 5 speeches ▸
3. 3 Committee report Committee Report - Public Petitions Second Report 2 speeches ▸
4. 4 Petitions Petitions - Citizens' Petitions Tabled 4 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Development Officers Attached to National Schools and Provincial Schools (Q.1309/2025) 12 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Officers of Sri Lanka Administrative Service - Transfers (Q.1506/2025) 7 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Questions - Paddy Marketing Board and Divisional Secretaries Divisions (Q.1349/2025) 4 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Ministerial Statements - X-Press Pearl Vessel Liability Case 5 speeches ▸
9. 9 Procedural Procedural - Point of Order and Business Scheduling 5 speeches ▸
10. 10 Papers Papers - Sri Lanka Institute of Agriculture (Incorporation) Bill Presented 2 speeches ▸
11. 11 Debate Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Opening and Scheduling 11 speeches ▸
12. 12 Debate Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Budget Debate on Disaster Response and Government Allocations 107 speeches ▸
13. 13 Debate Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Continued Budget Debate and Amendments 11 speeches ▸
14. 14 Debate Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Amendments to Ministry Heads 19 speeches ▸
15. 15 Debate Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Third Reading and Division Vote 4 speeches ▾
    • Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha JJB

      AI summary On behalf of the Minister of Finance, Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha moved that the Appropriation Bill, as amended, be read a Third time. He also sought leave to correct typographical, grammatical, and numbering errors in the Bill’s Schedules and to make consequential amendments to the detailed Estimates and related documents.

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    • Hon. G.G. Ponnambalam ACTC

      AI summary Hon. G.G. Ponnambalam called for a Division, prompting the Division Bell to be rung. The excerpt ends at the conclusion of the Division Bell, with no substantive policy argument or proposal recorded.

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16. 16 Procedural Procedural - Bills and Resolutions: Second Reading and Approvals 7 speeches ▸
17. 17 Procedural Procedural - Speaker and Opposition Closing Statements on Budget 4 speeches ▸
18. 18 Adjournment Adjournment - Parliament Adjourned 3 speeches ▸