Sitting of Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Message from President 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Regulations, Reports and Orders Tabled 7 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions Presented 4 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Generators Facilitating Cooling at Norochcholai Power Plant (Q.68/2025) 12 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Question No. 3 (Q.840/2025) - Deferred 3 speeches ▸
6. 6 Procedural Procedural: Points of Order and Opposition Walk-out 10 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Agricultural Research and Production Assistants (Q.913/2025) 12 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Police Stations and Officers (Q.?/2025) with Supplementaries 10 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Nursing Service (Q.7/2025) 5 speeches ▸
10. 10 Procedural Procedural: Standing Order 27(2) Question and Points of Order 9 speeches ▾
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    • The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney at Law) SJB

      AI summary Gayantha Karunathilleka, on behalf of Chamindranee Kiriella, asked the Minister of Environment to state the date on which the bicentennial celebration of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, was held. The question sought a specific factual response regarding the timing of that event.

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    • The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF

      AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake rose to a point of Order. No substantive argument, proposal, or question was recorded in the provided excerpt.

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    • The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF

      AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake raised a procedural concern about time allocation during Oral Answers, noting that five Opposition questions took 35 minutes while four Government questions took 45 minutes. He asked whether a fairer distribution of parliamentary time could be ensured.

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    • The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF

      AI summary Requested that answers to Members’ questions be kept brief, within two to five minutes, so that the Government side would have sufficient time thereafter.

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11. 11 Oral question Oral Question by Private Notice: Reactivation of Deregistered Islamic Charitable Organizations (Q.27(2)) 14 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Privilege Question and Procedural Discussion on Coal Supply 23 speeches ▸
13. 13 Debate Main Business: Order under Foreign Exchange Act - Motion Introduction 2 speeches ▸
14. 14 Debate President's Address on Middle East War Impact and Opposition Response 5 speeches ▸
15. 15 Debate Debate: Regulation under Foreign Exchange Act, No. 12 of 2017 55 speeches ▸
16. 16 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Civil Defence Personnel Secondment 7 speeches ▸
17. 17 Procedural Deferred Questions and Parliament Adjournment 6 speeches ▸