Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva
Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva presented the Committee on Public Finance report on the Appropriation Bill, 2026, and noted that changes to expenditure Heads would be submitted before the Committee Stage. He also informed Parliament that the Auditor-General’s Special Audit Report on the online visa issuance process, requested by the Committee, had been received with nine recommendations, and proposed immediate parliamentary follow-up action.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Public Finance Committee Report
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, I present the Report of the Committee on Public Finance on the Appropriation Bill, 2026, referred to the Committee.
¶ 03 Ordered to lie upon the Table.
¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, may I have a minute.
¶ 05 Hon. Speaker, a brief clarification on changes to Heads: these will be presented prior to the Committee Stage so business can proceed.
¶ 06 We have now received the Special Audit Report on the online visa issuance process of the Department of Immigration and Emigration. The Committee on Public Finance requested the Auditor-General to conduct this. The report contains nine audit recommendations. As Chairman, I propose that Parliament take immediate follow-up action on this.
¶ 07 Thank you.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 October 2025. No. 22644. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28721