The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Ajith P. Perera raised a procedural point on parliamentary questioning, stating that the Member who asks an original question is entitled to two supplementary questions. He argued that another Member may ask a supplementary only with the original Member’s consent, citing this as established practice in both Government and Opposition contexts.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, this is my third term in Parliament and I have asked supplementary questions while in Opposition. The practice is that the Member who asked the original question has the right to ask two supplementaries. With that Member’s consent, another Member—Government or Opposition—may be permitted to ask. That is the tradition. “Any Member” does not mean only the original Member, but practice requires the original Member’s consent for others to use the remaining supplementary. There have been many instances where the first supplementary was asked by the original Member, and the second was ceded to another Member. That is normal practice.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 8 May 2025 ·No. 1748426168056758 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 May 2025. No. 1748426168056758. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21818