The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved a procedural motion to vary the sitting hours of Parliament for the day, setting sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. notwithstanding Standing Order 8. The motion also provided for Standing Order 8(5) to operate at 3.00 p.m. and for Parliament to be adjourned by the Speaker at 6.30 p.m. without question put; it was agreed to.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move the following:
¶ 02 “Notwithstanding anything contained in Standing Order 8 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, the hours of sitting today shall be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.; and at 3.00 p.m. Standing Order 8(5) of the Standing Orders of Parliament shall be operative; and at 6.30 p.m. the Speaker shall adjourn Parliament without question put.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18196