The Hon. Ananda Wijepala

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kurunegala· 18 November 2025 ·Debate: Committee Stage Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Defence and Public Security Expenditure Heads

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An amendment to the Appropriation Bill, 2026 was moved at Committee Stage on behalf of the Minister of Finance and Planning to revise the Ministry of Defence allocations. The proposed figures set recurrent expenditure at Rs. 370,513,000,000 and capital expenditure at Rs. 61,922,000,000.

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¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, on behalf of the Minister of Finance and Planning, I move at Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2026, the following amendment for the Ministry of Defence:

¶ 02 On page 14, delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute: “Recurrent Rs. 370,513,000,000 Capital Rs. 61,922,000,000”.

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 ·No. 22927 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 November 2025. No. 22927. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26154