The Hon. Chairman

¶ 01 Ordered accordingly: Clauses 2 to 12 to be postponed until after consideration of the Schedules.

¶ 02 First Schedule – Sums Payable for General Services: Head 1 – His Excellency the President Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Recurrent Expenditure: Rs. 2,518,980,000.

¶ 03 Today, the Committee will consider Special Spending Units – Heads 1, 2, 4 to 11 and Heads 13, 16 to 25, including: H.E. the President; the Office of the Prime Minister; Superior Courts Judges; Cabinet Office; Public Service Commission Office; Judicial Service Commission; National Police Commission; Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption; Finance Commission Office; Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka; Parliament; Office of the Leader of the House; Office of the Chief Government Whip; Office of the Leader of the Opposition; Election Commission; National Audit Office; Department of the Secretary General of Parliament; Audit Service Commission; National Procurement Commission; Delimitation Commission.

¶ 04 Debate from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

¶ 05 Cut-motion by Hon. Rauff Hakeem. You have 18 minutes.

¶ 06 [10:52 a.m.]