Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne

¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m.

¶ 02 Message from the President

¶ 03 Navy Act: Proclamation

¶ 04 The following communication has been received by me from His Excellency the President.

¶ 05 President of Sri Lanka My No.: PS/CSA/00/4/4/2 22 September 2025

¶ 06 In terms of Section 21 of the Navy Act (Cap. 358), … Accordingly, under the said Section 21, Parliament is hereby informed …

¶ 07 Announcements

¶ 08 Speaker's Certificate

¶ 09 In terms of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I wish to inform that on 22nd September, 2025, I endorsed the Certificate on the Bill titled “National Audit (Amendment).”

¶ 10 Meeting of Committee on Parliamentary Business

¶ 11 A meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business is scheduled to be held today, Tuesday, 23rd September, 2025, at 1.00 p.m., in Committee Room No. 28. All Hon. Members are requested to attend.

¶ 12 Auditor-General's Report

¶ 13 In terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I lay on the Table Parts VIII and IX of the First Volume and Parts II and IV of the Fourth Volume of the Auditor-General’s Report for the Financial Year 2024.

¶ 14 Question put, and agreed to. Ordered that the Report be printed.

¶ 15 In terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I lay on the Table Part VII of the Second Volume and Part IV of the Ninth Volume of the Auditor-General’s Report for the Financial Year 2024.

¶ 16 Question put, and agreed to. Ordered that the Report be printed.

¶ 17 Papers Presented

¶ 18 - Report on the details pertaining to “Transfers of Allocations through Virement Procedure” from 1st January, 2025 to 30th June, 2025, in terms of Section 24(4) of the Public Financial Management Act, No. 44 of 2024, and Section 5 of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025; - Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Psychology Degree awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2415/20 of 16th December, 2024; - Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Quantity Surveying, Bachelor of Science Honours in Biomedical Science and Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Degrees awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2424/59 of 20th February, 2025; - Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Hotel and Resort Management Honours Degree awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2428/12 of 19th March, 2025; and - Proclamation made and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2454/68 of 21st September, 2025 and Schedule thereto, by virtue of the powers vested with the President in terms of Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979. - [The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya]

¶ 19 Ordered to lie upon the Table.

¶ 20 Sectoral Oversight Committee Reports

¶ 21 Ordered to lie upon the Table.

¶ 22 Next, Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises.

¶ 23 We will now proceed to the next business. Oral Answers to Questions.