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Hon. Members

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

Public Finance
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Parliament agreed to amend the Schedule under Head 103, Programme 02 of the Ministry of Defence by setting recurrent expenditure at Rs. 7,303,000,000 and increasing capital expenditure to Rs. 11,958,000,000. The capital allocation was increased by Rs. 2,000,000,000 in line with Budget Proposal No. 30, and both the recurrent and amended capital provisions were ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved: On page 14, delete line 17 and substitute: “Programme 02 Development Activities Recurrent Rs. 7,303,000,000 Capital Rs. 11,958,000,000”.

¶ 03 (Intent: to increase Capital under Head 103 – Minister of Defence – by Rs. 2,000,000,000 in line with Budget Proposal No. 30.)

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 7,303,000,000, for Head 103, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 103, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 11,958,000,000, for Head 103, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 103, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 Head 222.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 ·No. 22927 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Members. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 November 2025. No. 22927. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26163