The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake acknowledged the importance of the issue raised but noted that a full day had already been allocated to debate it alongside the VAT-related economic Bill. He said the impacts could be addressed during that debate and opposed the Opposition’s proposal to continue sittings without a lunch break, requesting that the House proceed to the main debate.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 [rose.]
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is no dispute about the importance of this question. However, we have a full day allocated to debate this together with the VAT-related Bill, which is an economic Bill. Therefore, at that time we can speak about the impacts arising from this. The time required for today’s debate is available. The Opposition has already proposed that we continue the sitting without a lunch break. I said that is not appropriate. Therefore, I request that we take up the main debate. [Interruption.]
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