The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
The Minister said the point raised did not properly fall under an Order, but acknowledged that disaster impacts were a serious matter. He proposed that a Party Leaders’ Meeting be held later that morning under the Speaker’s leadership to decide how Members from affected districts could be heard in an orderly manner, and urged that the House not be turned into a shouting arena or misuse Standing Orders.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Member’s point has neither a point nor an Order. Nonetheless, the issue he raises—disaster impacts—is important. If Party Leaders wish Members from affected districts to be heard, we propose that we hold a Party Leaders’ Meeting today around 11.30 a.m. or 12.00 noon to discuss this in an orderly manner. Please, let us not turn the House into a shouting arena. We all know the Standing Orders; they can be exploited. Please do not.
¶ 02 This is a serious disaster. Whatever the intent behind the point, since the matter is important, we propose a Party Leaders’ Meeting under your leadership around 11.30 a.m. today to discuss it.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 December 2024. No. 1733459564028450. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29741