The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake questioned the timeliness of parliamentary responses, noting that a delayed answer on public debt used December 2024 figures showing Rs. 29.8 trillion while the current figure was closer to Rs. 33 trillion. He argued that, given the cost of parliamentary sitting days and prior discussion at the Parliamentary Business Committee, Ministers should ensure answers are updated to remain relevant.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, based on the answer, I will raise my first supplementary. It is said a sitting day costs Rs. 10 million. I raised this question a year ago. The total debt here is shown as LKR 29.8 trillion, but now it is closer to LKR 33 trillion — a difference of about LKR 3 trillion. If the question had not been delayed, today’s figures could have been reflected and no issue would arise. I raise this pragmatically. We also discussed this at the Parliamentary Business Committee and the Minister agreed. We are speaking about December 2024 figures; please ensure answers reflect current relevance.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 27 November 2025. No. 23013. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5263