The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved a procedural motion to vary the sitting hours of Parliament for the day, notwithstanding Standing Order 88. The House agreed to sit from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m., with Standing Order 8(5) to operate at 5.00 p.m. and adjournment at 7.00 p.m. without question put.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “Notwithstanding anything contained in Standing Order 88, the hours of sitting today shall be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.; at 5.00 p.m. Standing Order 8(5) shall operate; and at 7.00 p.m. the Speaker shall adjourn the House 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, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3850