The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake urged that Government-side speaking time be reduced, then supported a point raised by Hon. Kader Masthan regarding flood relief. He noted that existing circulars make it difficult to provide food assistance to severely affected people who remain in their homes during floods, and requested the Deputy Minister of Defence and relevant social security authorities to consider amending the circular to allow such support.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, please reduce time taken from the Government side. Hon. Member, the point you raise is very important. Our Hon. Minister Upali also knows that, even when floodwaters rise, under the circular it is difficult to provide food to people who stay at home with hardship. Therefore, there is a problem there. The Minister of Social Security and Community Empowerment and the Deputy Minister of Defence are in the House now. So, Deputy Minister, if the circular can be amended to allow food to those severely affected who remain at home, it would be good. What Hon. Kader Masthan says is true.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 December 2024. No. 1733893521018713. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25713