10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

Mr. Speaker

8 July 2025 ·Opening: Opening and Message from the President

Verbatim record (translated)

Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English

¶ 01 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development

¶ 02 Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayanta, Hon. Sunil Kumar Kammage, Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Hon. (Prof.) Ruwan Ranasinghe, Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, Hon. Kabir Hashim, Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Hon. Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan, Hon. Roshan Akmeemana, Hon. Thilanga U. Kammage, Hon. Ajanta Kammeththage, Hon. Kayan Janaka, Hon. Dilith Jayawira, Hon. Nimal Paliheena, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. Wijesiri Basnayaka, Hon. Sunil Piyanwila, Hon. Riyaz Farook, Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka, Hon. R. G. Wijerathna, Hon. Ruwan Wijewira, Hon. Diline Samarakkon, Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi, Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi, Hon. (Miss) Laxmali Hemachandra, Hon. Muhammad Faizal

¶ 03 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Digital Economy

¶ 04 Hon. Eranga Weerarathna, Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Hon. Janith Ruwan Kodithuwakku, Hon. Ajith P. Perera, Hon. Anuradha Jayarathna, Hon. M. K. M. Aslam, Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika, Hon. Arkam Ilyas, Hon. (Mrs.) Oshini Umanga, Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara, Hon. Lasith Pashana Kammage, Hon. Sathura Kalapaththi, Hon. Kayan Janaka, Hon. (Mrs.) Anushka Dilekarathna, Hon. Danura Dissanayake, Hon. Susanta Thodawatta, Hon. Chitral Bernand, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. Ravindra Bandara, Hon. (Dr.) Chandrawan Madarasinghe, Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka, Hon. Ruwan Wijewira, Hon. Diline Samarakkon, Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samarawira, Hon. Chandima Hettiarachchi, Hon. Dinesh Hemanta

¶ 05 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Education, Higher Education and Vocational Training

¶ 06 Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya (Chairman), Hon. (Dr.) Madura Senevirathna, Hon. Nalin Hewage, Hon. Anura Karunathilaka, Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage, Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe, Hon. (Dr.) M. L. A. M. Hisbullah, Hon. (Dr.) V. S. Radhakrishnan, Hon. D. V. Sanaka, Hon. S. Sreedharan, Hon. Imran Maharoof, Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna, Hon. Gnanamuthu Srinesan, Hon. Aboobacker Aadhambawa, Hon. Manjula Suraveera Arachchi, Hon. (Dr.) (Miss) Kaushalya Ariyarathna, Hon. (Mrs.) Samanmali Gunasinghe, Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran, Hon. Rajeevan Jayachandramurthy, Hon. Chandana Thennakoon, Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva, Hon. Nimal Paliheena, Hon. Padmasiri Bandara, Hon. Ruwan Mabalagama, Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala, Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasinghe, Hon. Manjula Sugath Rathnayaka, Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha, Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe, Hon. R. M. Samantha Ranasinghe

¶ 07 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Agriculture, Livestock Resources, Lands and Irrigation

¶ 08 Hon. K. D. Lal Kantha (Chairman), Hon. Namal Karunarathna, Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, Hon. Wasantha Piyathissa, Hon. Upali Samarasinghe, Hon. R. B. Sarath, Hon. Asoka Sabumal Ranwala, Hon. D. V. Sanaka, Hon. Kader Mastan, Hon. Nihal Kalapaththi, Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha, Hon. Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan, Hon. Gaveendran Koteeswaran, Hon. Kings Nelson, Hon. Rohana Bandara, Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama, Hon. M. S. Udumaleppei, Hon. Upul Kithsiri, Hon. Ajanta Kammeththage, Hon. Ajith Kihan, Hon. Asoka Gunaseana, Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody, Hon. Dilith Jayawira, Hon. (Dr.) Sellathambi Thilakanathan, Hon. Susanta Kumara Navarathna, Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara, Hon. Arun Panagoda, Hon. Sudath Palakalla, Hon. E. M. Basnayaka, Hon. Priyantha Wijerathna, Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe, Hon. Kithnan Selvaraj

¶ 09 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Hon. Vijitha Herath (Chairman), Hon. (Prof.) Ruwan Ranasinghe, Hon. Arun Hemachandra, Hon. Sunil Kumar Kammage, Hon. R. M. Jayawardena, Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Hon. J. C. Alawathuwala, Hon. Lakshman Nipun Arachchi, Hon. Hector Appuhami, Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardena, Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna, Hon. Saminda Wijesiri, Hon. Roshan Akmeemana, Hon. M. K. M. Aslam, Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika, Hon. Thilanga U. Kammage, Hon. Ajith Kihan, Hon. Rajeevan Jayachandramurthy, Hon. M. A. M. Tahir, Hon. Susanta Thodawatta, Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara, Hon. Stephanie Bernard, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. Nanda Bandara, Hon. Riyaz Farook, Hon. Manjula Sugath Rathnayaka, Hon. (Mrs.) Hasara Liyanage, Hon. Ruwan Wijewira, Hon. (Mrs.) Hiruni Wijesinghe, Hon. Major General (Retd.) G. T. Suryabandara, Hon. M. Nizam Kariyappar

¶ 10 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Fisheries, Aquatic and Marine Resources Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar (Chairman), Hon. Rathna Kammage, Hon. Janith Ruwan Kodithuwakku, Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, Hon. P. Ruwan Senarath, Hon. Arun Hemachandra, Hon. (Dr.) M. L. A. M. Hisbullah, Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi, Hon. Kader Mastan, Hon. Nihal Kalapaththi, Hon. Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan, Hon. Hector Appuhami, Hon. Imran Maharoof, Hon. Gnanamuthu Srinesan, Hon. Roshan Akmeemana, Hon. Aboobacker Aadhambawa, Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama, Hon. K. Ilangkumaran, Hon. Arkam Ilyas, Hon. Upul Kithsiri, Hon. Thilanga U. Kammage, Hon. Ajith Kihan, Hon. M. A. M. Tahir, Hon. (Dr.) Sellathambi Thilakanathan, Hon. Chandana Thennakoon, Hon. Susanta Kumara Navarathna, Hon. Stephanie Bernard, Hon. Sudath Palakalla, Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran, Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe, Hon. Muhammad Faizal

¶ 11 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Industries and Enterprise Development

¶ 12 Hon. Sunil Handunnetti (Chairman), Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Hon. Wasantha Piyathissa, Hon. Upali Samarasinghe, Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, Hon. Samara Sampath Dassanayake, Hon. Saminda Wijesiri, Hon. Varuna Liyanage, Hon. (Mrs.) Oshini Umanga, Hon. Ajanta Kammeththage, Hon. Dilith Jayawira, Hon. R. K. Jayasundara, Hon. Rajeevan Jayachandramurthy, Hon. (Dr.) Sellathambi Thilakanathan, Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara, Hon. Arun Panagoda, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. Padmasiri Bandara, Hon. Ravindra Bandara, Hon. Wijesiri Basnayaka, Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha, Hon. (Mrs.) Deepti Vasalage, Hon. Ruwan Wijewira, Hon. Athula Welathagoda, Hon. Diline Samarakkon, Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi, Hon. Muhammad Faizal

¶ 13 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Hon. Bimal Rathnayaka (Chairman), Hon. Janith Ruwan Kodithuwakku, Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunaseana, Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Hon. Gayanta Karunathilaka, Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, Hon. Samara Sampath Dassanayake, Hon. K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera, Hon. Ajith Agalakada, Hon. (Mrs.) Sagarika Athawuda, Hon. U. B. Abeywickrama, Hon. Manjula Suraveera Arachchi, Hon. K. Ilangkumaran, Hon. (Mrs.) Samindirani Kiriella, Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva, Hon. Danura Dissanayake, Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake, Hon. Ravindra Bandara, Hon. Danushka Ranganath, Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri, Hon. (Mrs.) Deepti Vasalage, Hon. R. G. Wijerathna, Hon. Jagath Withana, Hon. Dinindu Saman Hennayaka, Hon. Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasinghe, Hon. Devananda Suraveera, Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi, Hon. (Miss) Laxmali Hemachandra, Hon. Muhammad Faizal, Hon. M. Nizam Kariyappar

¶ 14 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Estate Infrastructure and Community Facilities

¶ 15 Hon. K. V. Samantha Vidyarathna (Chairman), Hon. Sundaralingam Pradeep, Hon. Palani Thigambaram, Hon. (Dr.) V. S. Radhakrishnan, Hon. K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera, Hon. Nayana Vasalathilaka, Hon. Ajith Agalakada, Hon. Aboobacker Aadhambawa, Hon. P. Ariyawansha, Hon. (Miss) Krishnan Kalaichelvi, Hon. (Mrs.) Nilusha Laxmali Kammage, Hon. Ajanta Kammeththage, Hon. R. K. Jayasundara, Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran, Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake, Hon. Nishantha Perera, Hon. Lal Premanath, Hon. Nanda Bandara, Hon. Sunil Piyanwila, Hon. Jagath Manuwarna, Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala, Hon. Danushka Ranganath, Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha, Hon. Jagath Withana, Hon. (Miss) Ambika Samivel, Hon. Aravinda Senarath, Hon. Kithnan Selvaraj, Hon. R. M. Samantha Ranasinghe

¶ 16 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health and Mass Media

¶ 17 Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa (Chairman), Hon. (Dr.) Hansaka Wijemuni, Hon. (Dr.) M. L. A. M. Hisbullah, Hon. R. M. Gamini Rathnayaka, Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardena, Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe, Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Aruchuna, Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika, Hon. (Mrs.) Oshini Umanga, Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara, Hon. Saminda Lalith Kumara, Hon. (Mrs.) Nilandi Kottahachchi, Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Gunawardana, Hon. Asoka Gunaseana, Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody, Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. Sudath Palakalla, Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandaraja, Hon. (Dr.) Chandrawan Madarasinghe, Hon. Jagath Manuwarna, Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala, Hon. Ruwan Wijewira, Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe, Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam, Hon. (Dr.) Ilayathamby Srinath, Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna

¶ 18 Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe (Chairman), Hon. R. M. Jayawardena, Hon. Upali Samarasinghe, Hon. Namal Karunarathna, Hon. Kabir Hashim, Hon. Hesha Withanage, Hon. Rohana Bandara, Hon. Sanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Hon. Ajith Agalakada, Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama, Hon. M. K. M. Aslam, Hon. (Miss) Krishnan Kalaichelvi, Hon. Sarath Kumara, Hon. Thilanga U. Kammage, Hon. Ajith Kihan, Hon. Nimal Paliheena, Hon. Kandhasamy Prabhu, Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandaraja, Hon. Wijesiri Basnayaka, Hon. Sunil Piyanwila, Hon. Riyaz Farook, Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri, Hon. R. G. Wijerathna, Hon. Basmin Shareef, Hon. Kithnan Selvaraj, Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi, Hon. R. M. Samantha Ranasinghe

Provenance

Source
Hansard, Tuesday, 8 July 2025 ·No. 1752482630017444 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Page · column
not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
Permalink
/lk/speeches/10804

Cite as: Mr. Speaker. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 July 2025. No. 1752482630017444. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10804