Sitting of Friday, 20 March 2026

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Certificate 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports Tabled 2 speeches ▸
3. 3 Petitions Petitions: Citizens' Petitions Presented 2 speeches ▸
4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Presidential Vehicle Pool Management (Q.19/2025) 34 speeches ▸
5. 5 Oral question Oral Question: Defence Ministry Inquiry (Q.553/2025) 2 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Question: Warehouse Receipts Financing Project 5 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Oral Question: Consumer Affairs Authority Rice Raids (Q.640/2025) 5 speeches ▸
8. 8 Oral question Oral Question: Sri Lankan-Maldivian Tourism and Travel (Q.1311/2025) 3 speeches ▸
9. 9 Oral question Oral Question: Migrant Workers Hardship Statistics (Q.24/2024) 7 speeches ▸
10. 10 Oral question Oral Question (Private Notice): Official Passports Issued to Religious Leaders 4 speeches ▾
    • The Hon. K. Kader Masthan SLLP

      AI summary Hon. K. Kader Masthan raised a Question by Private Notice requesting detailed information on official passports issued to religious leaders, including recipients’ names, districts, and dates of issue. He also sought full details of foreign visits made using those passports, the criteria and conditions for renewing expired official passports, and the names of religious leaders whose passports had been renewed, or reasons if such information could not be provided.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs JJB

      AI summary Hon. Ananda Wijepala said the requested information on official passports issued to religious leaders under the 2008 and 2016 circulars, including district and travel details, requires extensive collation. He stated that it cannot be compiled within the short time available and requested two weeks to provide a detailed answer.

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    • The Hon. K. Kader Masthan SLLP

      AI summary Asked the Minister to include the criteria under which the passports in question were issued, seeking clarification as part of the relevant ministerial response.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala JJB

      AI summary Ananda Wijepala stated that the relevant criteria had been approved by previous Cabinets and issued through circulars, and said all details would be provided. He requested two weeks, with a possible additional week if needed, to submit a comprehensive response that could extend to several hundred pages.

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11. 11 Oral question Oral Question: Accountability for Disappeared Persons and UNHRC Engagement 6 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Procedural: Sitting Hours Amendment 2 speeches ▸
13. 13 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Effects of Current Global Situation on Our Economy 8 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Procedural: Lunch Recess Suspension 1 speeches ▸
15. 15 Adjournment Adjournment Debate (Continuation): Effects of Current Global Situation on Our Economy 61 speeches ▸