The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake stated that the matter raised by Hon. Harsha de Silva had already been addressed, and that time had been taken until 31 January to decide on oversight committees. He said the Committee on Public Finance would be decided on that day, with dates for appointments to be fixed through proper parliamentary procedure. He also announced, with the concurrence of the Leader of the Opposition, a Parliamentary Business Committee meeting at 2.00 p.m. to settle the timetable for appointing the committees.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the question raised by the Hon. Harsha de Silva was addressed on the first day. We have taken time until 31st January to decide on the oversight committees. Also, after we appoint, we will decide today on the Committee on Public Finance. Thereafter, we will fix the date. We will constitute them properly as per Parliament’s procedure. With the concurrence of the Hon. Leader of the Opposition, we have proposed to convene the Parliamentary Business Committee today at 2.00 p.m. There we can fix the date to appoint the Committees. Therefore, there will be no issue.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 December 2024. No. 1734424725051921. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19510