Hon. (Dr.) Harshana Suriyapperuma

21 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions (Multiple Questions)

Public FinanceParliamentary Procedure

AI summary generated by gpt-5.5

Hon. (Dr.) Harshana Suriyapperuma rejected claims about rate changes being implemented without approval, stating that any increases take effect only after parliamentary approval and due process. He asked for details of any entity acting contrary to regulations and said the matter would be investigated, while indicating that measures to provide relief to eligible persons would be presented.

Verbatim record (translated)

Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English

¶ 01 I believe your assertions are factually incorrect. Any rate changes, such as increases from 5 per cent to 10 per cent, take effect only after this Parliament’s approval and are implemented with due process. If any entity is acting contrary to regulations, provide details and we will inquire. We will present considered measures to deliver relief to those eligible.

Provenance

Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 21 January 2025 ·No. 1737707091008005 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Page · column: not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
Permalink: /lk/speeches/27120

View source PDF ↗ Suggest a correction

Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Harshana Suriyapperuma. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 January 2025. No. 1737707091008005. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27120