The Hon. Mujibur Rahman
Hon. Mujibur Rahman argued that Standing Order 33(1) on ordinary oral questions allows only the original questioner to ask up to two supplementary questions and does not expressly require that Member’s consent for others to do so. He contrasted this with Standing Order 38(7) on questions to the Prime Minister, where the consent requirement is explicitly stated, and maintained that applying such a requirement to ordinary oral questions is not supported by the Standing Orders.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, as Hon. Ravi Karunanayake cited, Standing Order 33(1) says: “Any Member may put not more than two supplementary questions…” The “any Member” in context refers to the Member who asked the question. However, you also said elsewhere the consent of the original questioner is needed; that requirement appears expressly under Standing Order 38(7) regarding questions to the Prime Minister: after the Prime Minister answers, the Member who asked may ask two supplementaries, and with that Member’s consent, any other Member may ask one or more. That consent requirement is explicit there for PMQs. For ordinary oral questions, there is no such explicit consent clause in the Standing Orders. Therefore, it is incorrect to state that consent is required in those cases according to the Standing Orders.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 May 2025. No. 1748426168056758. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21822