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Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne

24 October 2025 ·Opening: Opening of Parliament and Privilege Matter

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The Speaker announced that a motion may be moved to refer Hon. Aravinda Senaratne’s question of privilege, raised on 11 September 2025 regarding legal action by a private company over evidence given at COPA, to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges. He also informed Members that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development had emailed invitations for the presentation of the 2026 Budget Proposals scheduled for 7 November 2025.

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¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m., Mr. Speaker in the Chair.

¶ 02 Privilege: Legal Action by Private Company Against Evidence Given at COPA

¶ 03 A motion may be moved to refer the matter raised in Parliament under a question of privilege by Hon. Aravinda Senaratne on 11 September 2025 to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges.

¶ 04 Invitations for Presentation of Budget 2026

¶ 05 The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has informed me that invitations relating to the presentation of the Budget Proposals for the year 2026, scheduled for 07.11.2025, have already been sent to the email addresses of all Hon. Members.

¶ 06 Papers Presented

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Hansard, Friday, 24 October 2025 ·No. 22644 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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