The Hon. Hector Appuhamy
Presented the Sectoral Oversight Committee report on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management covering the 2023 Annual Report of the National Institute of Cooperative Development and the 2020–2023 Performance Reports of the National Intellectual Property Office. He stated that the National Intellectual Property Office had not adequately advanced its expected work and requested a special programme, while proposing a national policy framework to protect intellectual property.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sectoral Oversight Committee Reports
¶ 02 I present the Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Sustainable Resource Management relating to the following Reports referred to the Committee: - Annual Report for 2023 of the National Institute of Cooperative Development; and - Performance Reports for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 of the National Intellectual Property Office.
¶ 03 Specifically regarding the National Intellectual Property Office, it is clear that we have not effectively advanced decision-making and the work expected from that institution. I request that a special programme be formulated, and also propose that Sri Lanka implement a national policy framework to protect intellectual property.
¶ 04 Ordered to lie upon the Table.
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Cite as: The Hon. Hector Appuhamy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17005