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The Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 1 December 2025 ·Committee report: Committee Stage - Appropriation Bill 2026: Ministries of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Women and Child Affairs

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At the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2026, an amendment was moved under Head 219, Programme 02, relating to the Department of Sports Development. The amendment increased the capital provision for development activities by Rs. 800 million, bringing it to Rs. 3.95 billion, to incorporate the allocation under Budget Proposal No. 44. The recurrent allocation of Rs. 2.161 billion and the amended capital allocation were both agreed to and ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

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¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, at the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2026, I move an amendment under Head 219, Programme 02.

¶ 02 Resolved:

¶ 03 On page 33, delete line 3 and substitute: “Programme 02 – Development Activities Rs. 2,161,000,000 Rs. 3,950,000,000.”

¶ 04 [Note: The purpose of this amendment is to increase the Capital provision of Head 219 – Department of Sports Development by Rs. 800,000,000 to include the allocation made under Budget Proposal No. 44.]

¶ 05 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,161,000,000, for Head 219, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 06 Head 219, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 07 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 3,950,000,000, for Head 219, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 219, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

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Hansard, Monday, 1 December 2025 ·No. 23033 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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