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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 19 March 2025 ·Procedural: Ministerial Motions: Standing Order Amendments (SO 112-129)

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Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved a motion to vary the application of Standing Order 116 and the earlier parliamentary resolution of 6 December 2024 regarding the composition of the Committee on Standing Orders for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament. The motion, based on a determination of the Committee on Selections made on 15 March 2025, provided that the Committee comprise the Speaker as Chair, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairperson of Committees, and ten other MPs nominated by the Committee on Selections. The motion was put to the House and agreed to.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:

¶ 02 “That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Standing Order 116 of Parliament and the Resolution passed by Parliament on 06th December 2024, as determined by the Committee on Selections at its meeting held on 15th March 2025, the Committee on Standing Orders for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament shall consist of the Speaker as Chair, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairperson of Committees, and ten (10) other Members of Parliament to be nominated by the Committee on Selections.”

¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 04 HOUSE COMMITTEE

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Hansard, Wednesday, 19 March 2025 ·No. 1748499233099643 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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