The Hon. Dammika Patabendi
The Hon. Dammika Patabendi invoked Standing Order 33(1) to decline answering a supplementary question, stating it was unrelated to the original oral question. He told the Leader of the Opposition to submit the matter separately, indicating it could be answered on another day.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, Standing Order 33(1) states:
¶ 02 “... matters not included in the original question should not be raised by way of supplementary questions, and questions should be asked only for the purpose of further elucidating any matter that has arisen from an oral answer.”
¶ 03 Therefore, I will not answer that question. A supplementary unrelated to the main question has been asked. Hon. Leader of the Opposition, if you wish, ask that question separately; I will answer on another day.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 ·No. 23111 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dammika Patabendi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 January 2026. No. 23111. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17543