10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. S.M. Marikkar

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Colombo· 5 February 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Coconut Oil Import Policy (Q.291/2024)

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Hon. S.M. Marikkar raised concern that coconut oil imports initiated under Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Government had continued under the current Government, stating that over four million kilograms had been imported in the past three months. He said he would submit supporting details and copies of relevant letters to the Prime Minister, while indicating he would not ask a further supplementary question.

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¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, I will provide these details. I will not ask another supplementary question. This matter, initiated during Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Government, is continuing even after your Government took office. Over the last three months, more than four million kilograms of coconut oil have been imported. So this is still ongoing. That is why I am submitting these details. I will provide you with copies of the relevant letters.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 ·No. 1739175806099814 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2025. No. 1739175806099814. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26749