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10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

Sitting of Thursday, 8 January 2026

10th Parliament· 9 debates· 227 speeches· 63 speakers

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  2. 2 Papers Papers Presented 7 speeches
    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary On behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, the Annual Report and Annual Accounts for 2023 of the National Institute of Human Resource Development of the University of Colombo were presented. It was proposed that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Labour Force and Human Capital Development, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa JJB

      AI summary The Annual Reports for 2021, 2022 and 2023 of the Ceylon/LL Parantan Chemicals Company were presented on behalf of the Minister of Industries and Enterprise Development. It was proposed, and agreed, that the reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations.

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    • The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources presented the 2023 Annual Report of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbours Corporation. He proposed that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability of Resources, and the House agreed.

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    • The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar JJB

      AI summary Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar presented, under Standing Order 119(4), a report on observations and actions taken regarding Ministry of Fisheries matters arising from a Committee on Public Accounts report previously presented to Parliament. He proposed that the report be referred to the Committee on Public Accounts, and the motion was agreed to.

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    • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament JJB

      AI summary Minister Bimal Rathnayake tabled the Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways and Urban Development concerning two sets of regulations under the Motor Traffic Act. The regulations had been issued by the former Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and published in Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2452/40 of 4 September 2025 and 2455/29 of 25 September 2025; the report was ordered to lie upon the Table.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera JJB

      AI summary With special permission of the House, Dr. Nishantha Samaraweera presented in Sinhala the 12th to 16th Reports of the Committee on Public Enterprises for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament. The reports concern the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, State Timber Corporation, Construction Industry Development Authority, and Sri Lanka Ports Authority, with English and Tamil versions to be presented later.

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    • The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB

      AI summary Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved that the reports before the House be printed. The motion was agreed to, and the House ordered the reports to be printed.

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