The Hon. Aravinda Senarath - Deputy Minister of Land and Irrigation
The Deputy Minister, responding on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, provided figures on land holdings relevant to a question raised by Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi. He stated that 29,965.4128 hectares and 97.21 hectares were involved under the relevant categories, with detailed records placed in the Library as an annexure. He further said the Commission’s records show no alienation of lands to politicians under any legal instrument, making the remaining parts of the question not applicable.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, I answer. The Hon. Manjula Suraweera Arachchi has raised an important question pertaining to his area.
¶ 02 (a) (i) 29,965.4128 hectares. (ii) 97.21 hectares. (iii) The documents are submitted as an annexure. It is a lengthy annexure and has been placed in the Library. (iv) As per the annexed records, the Commission has not alienated lands to politicians under any legal instrument. (v) Not applicable.
¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.
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