Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved a motion to extend the powers of Ministerial Advisory Committees until 14 February 2025, overriding the earlier parliamentary resolution of 3 December 2024. The motion authorizes the committees to examine Bills, treaties, annual and performance reports, and other referred matters within their jurisdiction, excluding Bills under Article 152 of the Constitution, including matters referred by a relevant Minister. The motion was agreed to by Parliament.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Resolution agreed to by Parliament on 03rd December 2024, Ministerial Advisory Committees shall, until 14th February 2025, have the power to examine any Bill, Treaty, Annual Reports and Performance Reports of institutions within their jurisdiction, and any Report or matter referred to them by Parliament, other than Bills referred to in Article 152 of the Constitution, and to report to Parliament thereon. Any such matter may also be taken up by a Committee on a reference by a Minister within its authority.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT
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Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 January 2025. No. 1738563571096592. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24150