Hon. Vijitha Herath - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
Hon. Vijitha Herath said the Government was prepared to allocate time for the requested debate, but 4 November was unsuitable due to the visit of a foreign Foreign Minister and related official engagements. He proposed extending the Committee Stage debate on his Ministry during the Budget Debate by two hours to accommodate discussion, and said a full-day debate could be considered by the Parliamentary Business Committee to set an appropriate date.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we are ready to allocate time for a debate. The difficulty with 4th November is that a foreign Foreign Minister is visiting Sri Lanka and several agreements are to be concluded, with multiple engagements scheduled. Therefore, that date is inconvenient. As you proposed, we can extend the time by two hours during the Committee Stage of our Ministry in the Budget Debate to hold that discussion. No issue.
¶ 02 Regarding a full-day debate, we can take it up at the Parliamentary Business Committee and fix a suitable date.
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Cite as: Hon. Vijitha Herath - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 October 2025. No. 22635. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29492