Sitting of Friday, 20 March 2026

10th Parliament· 15 debates· 143 speeches· 55 speakers

Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 23396 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard

Order of business

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1 Opening Parliament Opening and Speaker's Certificate 1 speeches
2 Papers Papers: Annual Reports Tabled 2 speeches
3 Petitions Petitions: Citizens' Petitions Presented 2 speeches
4 Oral question Oral Question: Presidential Vehicle Pool Management (Q.19/2025) 34 speeches
5 Oral question Oral Question: Defence Ministry Inquiry (Q.553/2025) 2 speeches
6 Oral question Oral Question: Warehouse Receipts Financing Project 5 speeches
7 Oral question Oral Question: Consumer Affairs Authority Rice Raids (Q.640/2025) 5 speeches
8 Oral question Oral Question: Sri Lankan-Maldivian Tourism and Travel (Q.1311/2025) 3 speeches
9 Oral question Oral Question: Migrant Workers Hardship Statistics (Q.24/2024) 7 speeches
10 Oral question Oral Question (Private Notice): Official Passports Issued to Religious Leaders 4 speeches
11 Oral question Oral Question: Accountability for Disappeared Persons and UNHRC Engagement 6 speeches
12 Procedural Procedural: Sitting Hours Amendment 2 speeches
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
  
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- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
  
  AI summary Bimal Rathnayake moved a procedural motion to vary the sitting hours for the day, scheduling sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., suspending Standing Order 8(5) at 11.30 a.m., and requiring adjournment at 5.30 p.m.; the motion was agreed to. He also noted the retirement of Senior Telephone Operator B. Sisira Kumara after 40 years of service to Parliament and conveyed Parliament’s wishes for his retirement.
  
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13 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Effects of Current Global Situation on Our Economy 8 speeches
14 Procedural Procedural: Lunch Recess Suspension 1 speeches
15 Adjournment Adjournment Debate (Continuation): Effects of Current Global Situation on Our Economy 61 speeches