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The Hon. Presiding Member

27 November 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Committee Stage - Eleventh Allotted Day (Heads 118, 281, 282, 285-289, 292, 327, 337)

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¶ 01 Head 327 - Department of Land Use Policy Planning

¶ 02 Programme 02 - Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 688,000,000

¶ 03 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 688,000,000, for Head 327, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 04 Head 327, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 05 Programme 02 - Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 68,000,000

¶ 06 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 68,000,000, for Head 327, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 327, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 Head 337 - Department of Cinnamon Development

¶ 09 Are the Committee agreeable?

¶ 10 Hon. Members: Aye.

¶ 11 Programme 02 - Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 150,000,000

¶ 12 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 150,000,000, for Head 337, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 13 Head 337, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 14 Programme 02 - Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 300,000,000

¶ 15 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 300,000,000, for Head 337, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 16 Head 337, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 17 At 6.06 p.m., the Hon. Presiding Member left the Chair to report Progress.

¶ 18 Committee report Progress; to sit again on Friday, 28th November, 2025.

¶ 19 I wish to inform this Honourable House that Heads Nos. 118, 292 and 337 with amendments, and Heads Nos. 281, 282, 285-289 and 327 without amendments, were agreed to in Committee.

¶ 20 Paddy Marketing Board: Annual Report (2017)

¶ 21 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 22 Paddy Marketing Board: Annual Report (2018)

¶ 23 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 24 Question proposed, "That Parliament do now adjourn."

¶ 25 The motion to adjourn having been moved by the Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, I call upon the Hon. Samanmali Gunasinghe. You have six minutes.

¶ 26 The motion is to be replied to by the Hon. Eranga Gunasekara, Deputy Minister. You have six minutes.

¶ 27 It being past 6.30 p.m., THE HON. PRESIDING MEMBER adjourned Parliament without Question put.

¶ 28 Parliament adjourned accordingly at 6.36 p.m. until 9.00 a.m. on Friday, 28th November, 2025, pursuant to the Resolution of Parliament of 13th November, 2025.

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