The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved a procedural resolution to reorganize existing Ministerial Consultative Committees, notwithstanding Standing Order 112 and in line with a prior parliamentary resolution of 19 March 2025. The motion proposed replacing the previously established committees on Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and on Urban Development, Construction and Housing with three new committees covering Transport/Highways/Urban Development, Ports/Civil Aviation, and Housing/Construction/Water Supply. The motion was agreed to by Parliament.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the provisions of Standing Order 112, and in terms of the Resolution passed by Parliament on 19th March 2025, in lieu of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Urban Development, Construction and Housing established by the Resolution of Parliament on 06th December 2024, the following Ministerial Consultative Committees be appointed:
¶ 03 1. Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways and Urban Development; 2. Ministerial Consultative Committee on Ports and Civil Aviation; and 3. Ministerial Consultative Committee on Housing, Construction and Water Supply.”
¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14084