The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
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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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 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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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