The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva
Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva presented the Committee on Public Finance report on an order under Section 71 of the Value Added Tax Act concerning management of the Refund Fund and on Supplementary Estimate No. 06 of 2025 for the Ministry of Finance. He noted that the Committee and its officers had obtained parliamentary approval to allocate Rs. 72.5 billion for relief to people affected by a disaster, and thanked those involved.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I present the Report of the Committee on Public Finance on the following matters referred to the Committee:
¶ 02 (1) Order relating to the management of the Refund Fund under the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002, Section 71; and (2) Supplementary Estimate No. 06 of 2025 for Head 240 - Programme 02 of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for the Financial Year commencing 01.01.2025 and ending 31.12.2025.
¶ 03 Ordered to lie upon the Table.
¶ 04 Mr. Speaker, today, before the sittings commenced, all members of the Committee on Public Finance and our officers came to this Parliament and obtained the approval of the House to allocate Rs. 72.5 billion to provide necessary relief to the people affected by the disaster. I thank all of them.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23392