The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake addressed the scheduling of parliamentary proceedings, noting that discussions would be held with the Opposition leadership before informing the House of any decision. He said the impact on officials, costs, and time lost due to conduct in the Chamber should be considered, and proposed using the lunch interval to consult and decide how to proceed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, Hon. Leader of the Opposition, about two hours have elapsed. As I said, after discussion with the Chief Opposition Whip or yourself, we will inform the House. We must consider the impact on officials and costs if we extend that long. Some time was also lost due to conduct in the House. There are 58 minutes to the lunch interval; we can suspend in five minutes. The lunch interval is 30 minutes. We will discuss during the interval and inform the House. We will proceed accordingly.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12150