The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake stated that Party Leaders unanimously agreed to review the mandate, scope, and number of Sectoral Oversight Committees based on an earlier report submitted to the Speaker. He said a further report should be prepared by 31 January with the Speaker’s guidance and expert input, and that until then Bills and reports would be referred to Ministry Advisory Committees to allow parliamentary business to continue.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we discussed the matter raised by Hon. Harsha de Silva at the Party Leaders’ meeting.
¶ 02 There is a previous report regarding the mandate and the number of Sectoral Oversight Committees submitted by the Hon. Secretary‑General to the Hon. Speaker and the Party Leaders, with a proposal that it should be reviewed again. All Party Leaders unanimously agreed to that.
¶ 03 Accordingly, the Party Leaders decided that, by 31 January, after obtaining guidance from you, Hon. Speaker, and from experts you deem fit, a report should be submitted on how Sectoral Oversight Committees should be constituted, what their scope should be, and how many there should be. Until then, our proposal is that all Bills and reports we submit to Parliament be referred to the Ministry Advisory Committees so that parliamentary business can proceed. All Party Leaders unanimously agreed to this, and that is why we are proceeding accordingly. Therefore, I kindly request Hon. Members to understand this arrangement. Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 December 2024. No. 1733459564028450. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29746