The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister presented the 2024 Annual Reports of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and the Employees’ Trust Fund Board, and moved that they be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations. She also presented several orders under the Special Commodity Levy Act and a resolution under the Customs Ordinance relating to import duties, moving that they be referred to the Committee on Public Finance. Both motions were agreed to by the House.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I present the: (i) Annual Report of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka for the year 2024; and (ii) Annual Report of the Employees’ Trust Fund Board for the year 2024.
¶ 02 I move that these Reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Economic Development and International Relations.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, I present the: (i) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 2(3) of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007 and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2464/14 of 25th November, 2025; (ii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 5 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007 and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2465/16 of 04th December, 2025; (iii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Sections 2 and 5 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007 and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2469/12 of 31st December, 2025; and (iv) Resolution under Section 10 of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) relating to Import Duties (Gazette Extraordinary No. 2464/15 of 25th November, 2025).
¶ 05 I move that these Orders and the Resolution be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.
¶ 06 Question put, and agreed to.
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