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Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]

8 October 2025 ·Opening: Opening and Speaker's Announcements

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The Speaker announced that, under Article 79 of the Constitution, he had certified the “National Building Research Institute” Bill and the “Convention Against Doping in Sport (Amendment)” Bill on 7 October 2025. He also informed the House that a motion may be brought to refer to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges the privilege matter raised by Hon. Chamindrani Kiriella regarding an allegation made at COPE on 17 July 2025.

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¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m.

¶ 02 ANNOUNCEMENTS

¶ 03 SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATE

¶ 04 In terms of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I wish to inform that on 07th October 2025, I endorsed the certificate on the Bills titled “National Building Research Institute” and “Convention Against Doping in Sport (Amendment).”

¶ 05 PRIVILEGE: ALLEGATION MADE AT COPE HELD ON 17.07.2025

¶ 06 A motion may be brought to refer to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges the matters raised under a Question of Privilege by Hon. Attorney-at-Law Chamindrani Kiriella, MP, on 22nd July 2025.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 ·No. 22594 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18654