Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake said the Government had no objection to the content of the report referred to by Hon. Harsha de Silva, but questioned whether its presentation had been properly notified and approved through parliamentary procedure. He requested the Secretary-General’s Office to clarify whether the Hon. Speaker and Secretary-General had been informed, stating that reports should only be presented with due permission to preserve the orderly conduct of parliamentary business.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We do not have any issue over presenting any report. But, according to the information we got from the LH's Office, they are not aware about this kind of report being presented today. We would like to know whether it has been informed to the Secretary-General and the Hon. Speaker. If so, it is okay.
¶ 02 First of all, I would like to state this. We have no issue with the content of the report that Hon. Harsha de Silva is presenting, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The only issue is this. There is a procedure for preparing the Order of Business of Parliament. Therefore, I request the Office of the Secretary-General to first clarify this. Thereafter, if permission has been granted, allow the Hon. Member to present this report. Otherwise, if we start presenting reports at will, we will not be able to conduct the business of Parliament. Also, the Secretariat should properly inform Parliament of its stance on this.
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Cite as: 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 April 2025. No. 1747999742032122. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11213