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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 3 December 2025 ·Debate: Debate and Supplementary Estimate: Relief for Cyclone Ditwah Affected Persons

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Hon. Bimal Rathnayake presented Supplementary Estimate No. 6 of 2025 following a special Cabinet decision prompted by severe islandwide weather-related disasters. He stated that the estimate was intended to enable urgent relief and restoration of normal public life, sought the House’s special permission to proceed notwithstanding Standing Order 22(4), and moved that it be referred to the Committee on Public Finance, which was agreed to.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, due to the unexpected emergency disaster situation that has arisen as a result of the very adverse weather conditions experienced across the island in recent days, a decision was reached at the special Cabinet meeting held this evening to submit to Parliament a Supplementary Estimate to enable the prompt provision of relief to restore normalcy to the public life that has unfortunately been disrupted. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 22(4) of Parliament, with the special permission of the House, I present to Parliament the Supplementary Estimate bearing No. 6 of 2025.

¶ 02 I move that this Supplementary Estimate be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.

¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 ·No. 23332 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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