The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake asked the Speaker to enforce the guidelines approved on 18 November for Questions under Standing Order 27(2). He requested that Parliamentary staff and Ministry Secretaries be instructed to ensure such answers are prepared for delivery within five minutes, noting that a Deputy Minister’s response that day had exceeded the expected duration.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I request that you enforce what we agreed. On 18 November, guidelines were approved for handling Questions under Standing Order 27(2). Today, Hon. Anil Jayantha answered a Question asked on 11 November. I request you to instruct the Parliamentary staff and all Secretaries to Ministries that Answers under Standing Order 27(2) should be prepared to be delivered within five minutes. Today, the Deputy Minister took too long. Please instruct that the guidelines be sent to the Secretaries.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30328