Sitting of Friday, 23 January 2026

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Announcements 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers Presented and Committee Reports 5 speeches ▾
   • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

     AI summary Annual reports and regulations were presented on behalf of several Ministers and referred to the relevant committees. These included the 2024 reports of the National Building Research Organisation and State Mortgage and Investment Bank, telecommunications infrastructure-sharing regulations under the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act, the 2023/2024 report of Ceylon Commercial Fertilizers Ltd., and the 2023 report of the Coconut Cultivation Board. Parliament agreed to each referral motion.

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   • The Hon. (Dr.) Rizvie Salih - Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees JJB

     AI summary The Deputy Speaker presented the First Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committees for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament.

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

     AI summary The Minister moved that the report be printed. The motion was put to the House, agreed to, and the report was ordered to be printed.

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   • The Hon. Hector Appuhamy SJB

     AI summary On behalf of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resources, Hon. Hector Appuhamy presented multiple committee reports covering performance and annual reports of institutions in the rubber, fisheries, tea, coconut, plantation, and state enterprise reform sectors. The reports included documents for various years from 2015 to 2024 and were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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   • The Hon. (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi JJB

     AI summary On behalf of the Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Labour Force and Human Resources, Krishnan Kalaichelvi presented committee reports to Parliament. The reports covered the Universities (Amendment) Bill and performance or annual reports relating to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Department of Sports Development, and the National Sports Fund, which were ordered to lie upon the Table.

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3. 3 Petitions Petitions 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Questions: Heda Oya Irrigation, Thondaman Foundation, Schools, Hydropower, Sugar Factories, Ragama Town, Monaragala Lands, Badulla Cooperatives 41 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question No. 8 (Deferred) and Question Stand Down 9 speeches ▸
6. 6 Procedural Procedural Matters and Points of Order 18 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Standing Order 27(2) Questions: Attorney-General Independence, Gold Jewellery Return 25 speeches ▸
8. 8 Papers Ministerial Statement: Vehicles for Welfare Centres 2 speeches ▸
9. 9 Debate Debate: Universities (Amendment) Bill - Second and Third Reading 75 speeches ▸
10. 10 Procedural Business of Parliament: Constitutional Council Appointments Resolution 8 speeches ▸
11. 11 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Stock Exchange Activity and Ministerial Response 17 speeches ▸