The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
Moved approval of regulations made under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 of 21 July 2025 and presented to Parliament on 7 October 2025. He noted that the regulations were made after consultations with the NMRA, Consumer Affairs Authority and other stakeholders, and that Cabinet approval had been obtained before opening the debate.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “That the Regulations made by the Minister of Health and Mass Media under Section 142 read with Section 118(4) of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act, No. 5 of 2015, after consultation with the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, having considered all relevant factors including the provisions of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003 and after consultations with the Consumer Affairs Authority established under that Act and with all other stakeholders, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 of 21.07.2025 and presented to Parliament on 2025.10.07, be approved.” (Cabinet approval has been obtained.)
¶ 03 Question proposed.
¶ 04 To start the Debate, the Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera. You have seven minutes.
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