The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Anuradhapura· 22 October 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Rules under Excise Ordinance and Special Commodity Levy Order (Session 2)

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Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe clarified the procedural chain for decisions on levies, stating that the Food Policy and Security Committee makes recommendations to the Fiscal Policy Committee, which decides on levies before the matter goes to the President. He rejected a prior interpretation of the process as incorrect.

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¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, for clarity: the Food Policy and Security Committee recommends to the Fiscal Policy Committee which decides on levies; then it goes to the President. The interpretation just made is entirely wrong.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12441