The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament
On behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, the Minister presented Rules issued under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act, No. 16 of 2023, as published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2479/54 of 12 March 2026, and moved that they be referred to the Committee on Public Finance. He also informed the House that the Parliamentary Business Committee would be convened in early June or at the end of May to arrange business ahead of the next sitting on 9 June, taking into account Opposition views expressed during the debate on the dollar issue.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, I present the Rules published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2479/54 dated 12th March 2026, made by the Chairman of the Monetary Board and the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under Section 105 read with Sections 106 and 78A of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act, No. 16 of 2023.
¶ 02 I move that these Rules be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Regarding the scheduling, the next Parliamentary sittings are in June. We usually convene the Parliamentary Business Committee; since the next Session is on 9th June, we will inform and convene in early June. We listened to the Opposition views during the two-day debate on the dollar issue and will continue with arrangements. We expect to hold the Parliamentary Business Committee in early June or at the end of this month.
¶ 05 Let us proceed accordingly.
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