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Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Badulla· 5 December 2025 ·Procedural: Procedural - Bills and Resolutions: Second Reading and Approvals

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Moved motions to approve the annual reports of the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation for 2019 and 2020 under section 23 of the State Agricultural Corporations Act, No. 11 of 1972, including the Auditor-General’s observations. Also moved approval of the 2022/2023 annual report of Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory Limited under section 14 of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971. Each report had been considered by the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantations and Rural Infrastructure, and all motions were agreed to.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move: “That the Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation for the year ended 31st December 2019, with the observations of the Auditor-General, presented on 07.01.2025, be approved under section 23 of the State Agricultural Corporations Act, No. 11 of 1972. (The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantations and Rural Infrastructure considered this on 05.03.2025 and its Report was presented to Parliament on 10.03.2025.)”

¶ 02 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 03 Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation: Annual Report (2020)

¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, I move: “That the Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation for the year ended 31st December 2020, with the observations of the Auditor-General, presented on 07.01.2025, be approved under section 23 of the State Agricultural Corporations Act, No. 11 of 1972. (The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantations and Rural Infrastructure considered this on 05.03.2025 and its Report was presented to Parliament on 10.03.2025.)”

¶ 05 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 06 Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory Limited: Annual Report (2022/2023)

¶ 07 Hon. Speaker, I move: “That the Annual Report of Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory Limited for the year ended 31st March 2023, with the observations of the Auditor-General, presented on 20.02.2025, be approved under section 14 of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971. (The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantations and Rural Infrastructure considered this on 05.03.2025 and its Report was presented to Parliament on 10.03.2025.)”

¶ 08 Question put, and agreed to.

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Hansard, Friday, 5 December 2025 ·No. 23059 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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