The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
The Minister of Justice and National Integration stated that information sought on court proceedings and internal procedures falls under the independent Judicial Service Commission, which has requested three weeks to provide inputs. He said the remaining information lies with the Ministry and requested two weeks to provide comprehensive answers to both parts of the question, after which the question was ordered to stand down.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, regarding part (b)(i), court proceedings fall under judicial administration, for which the independent Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is responsible. Upon inquiry, the JSC Secretariat has requested three weeks to prepare and forward their inputs for answers. I apologize to the House for my initial form of address.
¶ 02 Regarding part (ii), information on internal procedures must also be provided by the JSC; they have asked for three weeks. The balance is within the Ministry. Therefore, I kindly request two weeks to provide comprehensive answers to both parts.
¶ 03 Question ordered to stand down.
¶ 04 Labour Force in Government and Private Sectors: Details
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