Sitting of Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 23279 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Announcements 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports and Committee Reports 6 speeches
- 3 Petitions Petitions 5 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Electricity Generated by Solar Panels (Q.2/2025) 15 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Stand Down (Q.3/2025) 2 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Stand Down (Q.4/2025) 3 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Question: Stand Down (Q.6/2025) 3 speeches
- 8 Oral question Oral Question: McHeyzer Stadium, Trincomalee - Development (Q.7/2025) 6 speeches
- 9 Oral question Oral Question: Improvement of Health Facilities for Persons with Disabilities (Q.8/2025) 6 speeches
- 10 Oral question Oral Question: Media Institutions and Support for Journalists (Q.9/2025) 5 speeches
- 11 Oral question Oral Question: Maritime Security Operations (Q.10/2025) 5 speeches
- 12 Oral question Oral Question Second Round and Ministerial Response (Q.1184/2025, Security Incident) 9 speeches
- 13 Oral question Standing Order 27(2) Question: Qur'an Madrasas Registration 5 speeches
- 14 Oral question Ministry Statement: Reforms of Ceylon Electricity Board 13 speeches
- 15 Procedural Privilege Matters and Points of Order 7 speeches
- 16 Papers Indira Cancer Charitable Trust (Incorporation) Bill - First Reading 2 speeches
- 17 Debate Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill - Second Reading Debate 69 speeches
- 18 Procedural Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill - Division on Second Reading 4 speeches
- 19 Procedural Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill - Committee Stage 25 speeches
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Chairman procedural
- Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake moved amendments to insert a new clause limiting the Act’s application to persons elected to Parliament on or after its commencement date. He proposed that the Act should not operate retrospectively to deprive former Members of Parliament of pension rights accrued before commencement.
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- The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara stated that the Government did not agree, indicating opposition to the matter under consideration.
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- Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake moved a Committee Stage amendment to the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill under Standing Orders 57 to 66. The amendment seeks to exclude from the Bill’s application persons who have fully qualified for a gratuity and persons already receiving a pension under the relevant provisions.
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- The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara stated that the Government does not agree, without providing further explanation or elaboration in the recorded speech.
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- Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake requested a division during the proceedings. The Division Bell was rung in response, indicating that a vote or formal count was to be taken.
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- The Hon. Chairman procedural
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- Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake moved two new clauses relating to parliamentary pension reforms. The first would preserve existing pension entitlements for former Members of Parliament aged 65 or above at the commencement of the Act, while the second would allow hardship-based exemptions for former MPs whose sole livelihood depends on the parliamentary pension, subject to review by an independent committee comprising judicial, audit, and Treasury representation and based on financial disclosure.
- The Hon. Chairman procedural
- The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law JJB
AI summary The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara stated that the Government does not agree, indicating its opposition to the matter under consideration.
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- Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake registered a protest during the proceedings, stating that the matter in question was not being accepted. No further details or substantive arguments were provided in the extract.
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- 20 Procedural Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill - Third Reading 1 speeches
- 21 Procedural Select Committee on Electoral Laws - Motion with Amendment 51 speeches
- 22 Adjournment Adjournment Motion 2 speeches
- 23 Adjournment Adjournment Questions 8 speeches