The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
On behalf of several ministers, the Minister presented multiple statutory and annual performance reports to Parliament, including reports relating to tourism, agrarian research, the Palmyrah Development Board, commerce, airport and aviation services, and housing and construction-related institutions. He moved that the respective reports be referred to the Committee on Public Accounts or the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committees, and each motion was agreed to.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, I present, under Standing Order 119(4), the report on observations and actions taken regarding matters pertaining to the Ministry of Tourism, contained in the report submitted to Parliament by the Committee on Public Accounts.
¶ 02 I move that this report be referred to the Committee on Public Accounts.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, I present the Annual Report for the year 2024 of the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.
¶ 05 I move that this report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Use of Resources.
¶ 06 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 07 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Estate Infrastructure and Community Infrastructure, I present the Annual Reports of the Palmyrah Development Board for the years 2021 and 2022.
¶ 08 I move that these reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Use of Resources.
¶ 09 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 10 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Trade, Food Security and Cooperatives Development, I present the Annual Performance Report of the Department of Commerce for the year 2023.
¶ 11 I move that this report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Use of Resources.
¶ 12 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 13 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, I present the Annual Report for the year 2024 of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited.
¶ 14 I move that this report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development.
¶ 15 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 16 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, I present the following reports:
¶ 17 (i) Annual Report of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka for the year 2015; (ii) Annual Report of the Construction Industry Development Authority for the year 2023; (iii) Annual Performance Report of the Department of Buildings for the year 2024; and (iv) Performance Report of the Department of Government Factory for the year 2024.
¶ 18 I move that these reports be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development.
¶ 19 Question put, and agreed to.
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- Hansard, Friday, 9 January 2026 ·No. 23149 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2026. No. 23149. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1581