Sitting of Tuesday, 3 February 2026
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening and Parliamentary Announcements 60 speeches
- 2 Petitions Presentation of Petitions 10 speeches
- Mr. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament JJB
AI summary The Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development presented the 2023 Annual Report of the Road Development Authority and the 2024 Annual Report of the National Transport Medical Institute. He proposed that both reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development, and the House agreed.
- The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB
AI summary The Minister of Health and Mass Media presented the Ayurvedic Medical Council’s Annual Report for 2024. He proposed that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Affairs, and the House agreed.
- The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa JJB
AI summary Presented the 2024 Annual Report of Central Engineering Services (Private) Limited on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation. Proposed that the report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability, which was agreed to.
- The Hon. Eranga Weeraratne - Deputy Minister of Digital Economy JJB
AI summary On behalf of the Chairman of the Consultative Committee on Digital Economy, Eranga Weeraratne presented the Committee’s report on regulations concerning telecommunications infrastructure sharing. The regulations were made under the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act and its amendments and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2396/32 of 7 August 2024; the report was ordered to lie upon the Table.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika JJB
AI summary On behalf of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice and Civil Security, Najith Indika presented two committee reports to Parliament. The first covered multiple annual and performance reports from justice, courts, prisons, language, legal aid, witness protection, corrections, and debt conciliation institutions, while the second concerned the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill and the Judicature (Amendment) Bill. The reports were ordered to lie upon the Table.
- The Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Rtd.) Prageeth Madhuranga JJB
AI summary Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Rtd.) Prageeth Madhuranga tabled two public petitions in Parliament. The petitions were submitted by M.M.I.M. Karunaratne of Kiribathgoda and S. Sandun Kahingala of Gonapinuwa.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha JJB
AI summary Sanjeewa Ranasingha tabled a petition submitted by Mr. Nalin Dasantha Withana of Gamini Mawatha, Matugama.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Dewananda Suraweera JJB
AI summary Hon. Dewananda Suraweera tabled two petitions received from Mr. Tharindu Priyankara Weerasinghe of Maharagama and Mr. W. Dissanayake of Mirihana, Kotte.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech → - The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi JJB
AI summary Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi tabled a petition from Mr. P.A.S. Ponnamperuma of Werahera, Boralesgamuwa. The petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee on Public Petitions.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →
- 3 Oral question Oral Questions and Ministerial Answers 52 speeches
- 4 Opening Parliamentary Announcements and Ministerial Statement 15 speeches
- 5 Adjournment Adjournment Motion 3 speeches
- 6 Debate Debate: Regulations under the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act 32 speeches
- 7 Procedural Points of Order regarding Parliamentary Secretariat 7 speeches
- 8 Debate Debate: Regulations under the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act (continued) 93 speeches
- 9 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Muthurajawela Wetland 25 speeches