The Hon. Deputy Speaker

¶ 01 Hon. Ravindra Bandara, you go ahead. [Interruption.] Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, please take your seat. He noted that down. [Interruption.] Hon. Members, please bring the House to order.

¶ 02 [12.24 p.m.]

¶ 03 Hon. Member, would you please speak to the topic?

¶ 04 Order, please! Hon. Member, would you please speak to the topic of the Debate today?

¶ 05 Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, I will give you a minute after the Hon. Member finishes.

¶ 06 Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, I will give you only 30 seconds.

¶ 07 Please, give the mike to the Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara. Take only 30 seconds, Hon. Member.

¶ 08 Okay, Hon. Member, that is it. Hon. Member from the Government side who is on his feet, would you please stick to the topic of today's Debate? [Interruption.]

¶ 09 Would you please take your seat, Hon. Deputy Minister?

¶ 10 Order, please! Hon. Member, would you please stop mentioning names? We are wasting a lot of time by doing that. Do not mention names.

¶ 11 Hon. Kabir Hashim, please wait until the Hon. Member finishes his speech. I will give you time to raise your point of Order.

¶ 12 Hon. Member, your time is up. Would you please wind up?

¶ 13 Hon. Member, what is your point of Order? I will give you 30 seconds.

¶ 14 I did that, Hon. Member.

¶ 15 Order, please. The Sitting is suspended till 1.00 p.m. for lunch.

¶ 16 Sitting accordingly suspended till 1.00 p.m. and then resumed.

¶ 17 The Hon. Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran. You have eight minutes.

¶ 18 Next, the Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. You have ten minutes.

¶ 19 Hon. Kabir Hashim, I request you to not to interrupt him, please.

¶ 20 The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. You have seven minutes.

¶ 21 Hon. Member, you have two more minutes.

¶ 22 Hon. Member, your time is up.

¶ 23 The Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi. You have ten minutes.

¶ 24 Hon. Riyas Farook, what is your point of Order?

¶ 25 Hon. Member, that is not a point of Order.

¶ 26 Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi, would you please begin your speech? Your time starts now.

¶ 27 Next, the Hon. Sajith Premadasa. You have six minutes.

¶ 28 Order, please! Before he starts, will an Hon. Member propose the Hon. Aravinda Senarath to the Chair?

¶ 29 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 30 Whereupon THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER left the Chair, and THE HON. ARAVINDA SENARATH took the Chair.