The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka raised a procedural point regarding supplementary questions under Standing Order 38(7). He noted that Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe had already asked the two supplementary questions permitted after the Prime Minister’s answer, and referred to the provision allowing another Member to ask supplementary questions only with the original Member’s permission.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, this issue arose when Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe was asking a supplementary. He clearly cited Standing Order 38(7), which states:
¶ 02 “After the Prime Minister has answered a question, the Member who asked the question may ask two supplementary questions.”
¶ 03 Both were asked.
¶ 04 “With the permission of the Member who asked the question, any other Member may ask one or more of the supplementary questions: ...”
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 ·No. 23707 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21503