The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kalutara· 5 May 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question Q.6: Speaker's Personal Staff, Vehicles and Official Residence

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Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa rejected the claim that a member of the Speaker’s staff had been allocated a Ministerial Official Residence, stating that no such allocation had been made. He said such facilities are not granted for trivial reasons, but only where they serve purposes beneficial to the economy.

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¶ 01 This is not a parliamentary convention. No member of the Speaker’s staff has been given any Ministerial Official Residence. Some things may seem trivial to the Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, but we do not allocate such facilities for trivialities; only for matters beneficial to the economy.

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ·No. 23546 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19742