Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake commended Hon. Harsha de Silva’s work and referred to a decision at the Parliamentary Affairs Committee to provide consultants to three Committees. He said his recollection was that technical staff requested for Hon. Harsha de Silva’s Committee were also approved, unlike other Committees which rely on the Auditor-General, and asked the Secretariat to correct any omission in the letter and provide the staff promptly.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we appreciate the work of Hon. Harsha de Silva. He renders a significant service to this Parliament and has proven that even without dedicated resources he can do this.
¶ 02 At the SAC, under your leadership, we agreed to provide consultants to all three Committees and on related standards. Hon. Harsha de Silva, if the letter issued by the Secretariat mentions only the consultant, my recollection is that we decided otherwise. In addition to consultants for your Committee, I recall you proposed 3 or 4 new technical staff. As I remember, Hon. Speaker, we decided that as well. The other Committees do not require such technical staff since they have the Auditor-General. If there is a shortcoming in the letter you received, the Secretariat will correct it. Hon. Speaker, we request that these be provided to that Committee as soon as possible.
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