The Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment
The Minister of Environment presented the National Environmental (Amendment) Bill to amend the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980. The Bill was ordered to be printed, scheduled for Second Reading on 20 May 2026, and referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 National Environmental (Amendment) Bill
¶ 02 A Bill to amend the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980.
¶ 03 Presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi, Minister of Environment; to be read a Second time on Wednesday, 20th May, 2026 and to be printed; and to be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 6 May 2026 ·No. 23541 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 May 2026. No. 23541. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5518