The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake said the Government seeks to answer questions raised by party leaders, but many questions submitted under Standing Order 27(2) require complex data and inputs from several ministries, making immediate responses difficult. He noted that most such questions from the previous day had been answered and requested Members to confine Standing Order 27(2) questions to urgent matters of national importance so they can be answered promptly.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I will place this on record. Hon. Member, we always try to answer Leaders of Parties. You are an MP who comes prepared with Questions. Our challenge is that the Questions raised under Standing Order 27(2), intended for nationally important urgent matters, increasingly demand complex information, data and multi-ministry inputs. Therefore, our Ministers need time to gather accurate information, hence responses under Ministerial Statements. Even today the Hon. Prime Minister is ready to answer such a Question. Yesterday you had asked 18 Questions under Standing Order 27(2) and 15 were answered. The Hon. Leader of the Opposition had asked 25, and 22 were answered. We are acting reasonably. We kindly request you to limit Standing Order 27(2) Questions to nationally important urgent matters. Then we can answer immediately.
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