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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 22 January 2025 ·Procedural: Procedural: Motion on Sittings - Point of Order Raised

Parliamentary Procedure
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Bimal Rathnayake moved a procedural motion to vary the day’s parliamentary sitting hours, setting sessions from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., suspending Standing Order 8(5) at 11.30 a.m., and providing for adjournment at 5.30 p.m. without a question being put. The motion was agreed to, after which he moved that Parliament adjourn.

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¶ 01 Sittings of the Parliament

¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, I move:

¶ 03 “Notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 88, today’s sittings shall be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Standing Order 8(5) shall be suspended at 11.30 a.m.; and at 5.30 p.m. the Speaker shall adjourn the House without question put.”

¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 05 Adjournment

¶ 06 Hon. Speaker, I move, “That the Parliament do now adjourn.”

¶ 07 Question proposed.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 ·No. 1739261035021938 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2025. No. 1739261035021938. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5693