The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake moved a motion under Standing Order 75(2) setting extended sitting times for Parliament to consider the Appropriation Bill 2025 on specified dates in February and March. The motion provided for sittings from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., with Standing Orders 8(5) and (6) applying at 6.00 p.m. and adjournment at 6.30 p.m. without question put; it was agreed to.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “That, in terms of Standing Order 75(2), for the Consideration of the Appropriation Bill (2025), on Thursday 27th February 2025 and from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th March 2025, Saturday 8th, from Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th March 2025, Saturday 15th, and from Monday 17th to Thursday 20th March 2025, the Sittings of Parliament be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.; and at 6.00 p.m. the provisions of Standing Orders 8(5) and (6) shall apply; and at 6.30 p.m. the Speaker shall adjourn Parliament without question put.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 February 2025. No. 1740809173064396. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3684