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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 25 February 2025 ·Debate: Second Reading Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 (Day 1-7)

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Bimal Rathnayake moved to exempt the day’s proceedings on item No. 1 of the Order Paper from Standing Order 88 and from the parliamentary resolution of 6 February 2025, which was agreed to. He then directed the House to resume the Second Reading debate on the Appropriation Bill, 2025, and invited R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara to begin his 20-minute contribution.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move as follows:

¶ 02 “That with regard to the item No. 1 of the Main Business on the Order Paper, this day’s proceedings be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order 88 and from the provisions of the Resolution passed by Parliament on 6 February 2025.”

¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 04 Main Business.

¶ 05 Appropriation Bill, 2025 — Second Reading. Sixth Allotted Day.

¶ 06 Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question — [17th February]

¶ 07 “That the Bill be now read a Second time.” — [The Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake]

¶ 08 Question again proposed.

¶ 09 The Hon. R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara to start the Debate. You have 20 minutes.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 ·No. 1741258607035810 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 February 2025. No. 1741258607035810. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26607