The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved a procedural motion to vary the day’s sitting hours despite Standing Order 8, setting sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The motion also provided for Standing Order 8(5) to operate at 3.30 p.m. and for Parliament to adjourn at 5.30 p.m. without a question being put; it was agreed to.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I move: “That notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Standing Order 8 of the Parliament, the time of sitting today be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Standing Order 8(5) to operate at 3.30 p.m.; and at 5.30 p.m. the Speaker do adjourn the Parliament without question put.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2025. No. 1738314169039521. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10537