The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Anuradhapura· 5 December 2025 ·Debate: Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Opening and Scheduling

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Wasantha Samarasinghe objected to allocating the full remaining half-hour of debate time solely to Opposition Members. He stated that Government Members also wished to speak and implied that the time should be shared.

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¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, we too have several Members to speak. We cannot give the entire half-hour only to the Opposition.

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 5 December 2025 ·No. 23059 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23439