The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
On behalf of several Ministers, Bimal Rathnayake presented a series of annual and performance reports from public institutions, including ITN, the Department of Posts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Agrarian Development, science and technology bodies, and the Ceylon Electricity Board. He moved that each report be referred to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committee, and the House agreed to the motions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Health and Mass Media, I present: (i) Annual Report of the Independent Television Networks for the year 2023; and (ii) Performance Report of the Department of Posts for the year 2024.
¶ 02 I move that these Reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, I present the Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism for the year 2024.
¶ 05 I move that this Report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations.
¶ 06 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 07 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, I present the Performance Report of the Department of Agrarian Development for the year 2023.
¶ 08 I move that this Report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability.
¶ 09 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 10 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Science and Technology, I present: (i) Annual Report of the National Science and Technology Commission for the year 2022; (ii) Annual Report of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies for the year 2022; and (iii) Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission for the year 2023.
¶ 11 I move that these Reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation.
¶ 12 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 13 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Power, I present the Annual Report of the Ceylon Electricity Board for the year 2023.
¶ 14 I move that this Report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development.
¶ 15 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 September 2025. No. 1758017450079419. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10632