The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake raised a procedural concern that annexes tabled with a ministerial answer were not available through Hansard, while published Hansards were delayed, with the latest available issue dated 9 May 2025. He argued that Members need timely access to such material to prepare parliamentary questions, including one he was due to ask the Prime Minister, and suggested using artificial intelligence to reduce delays despite staff pressures.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, yesterday there was a Question for Oral Answers to the Hon. Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, and eight or nine Annexes relating to the Answer were tabled. I tried to obtain copies of the Annexes from Hansard because today I also have to ask a Question from the Hon. Prime Minister, but they are not available. Further, I checked the published Hansards and the latest one is of 09th May 2025.
¶ 02 So, there is a time lag between what happens in Parliament and the Hansard coming out. Can we not use artificial intelligence? I know there is pressure on the staff, but we cannot be deprived of this information. If we are to ask a Question from the Hon. Prime Minister, we must be equipped with the relevant information.
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