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The Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Kurunegala· 18 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025, Twenty-third Allotted Day - Committee Stage: Heads 149, 303, 194 and 219 (Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Youth Affairs and Sports)

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Nalin Bandara Jayamaha raised concern that scrap iron exports are harming small industries working with lac, copper, and brass, affecting an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people. He requested the Minister to look into the matter.

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¶ 01 I will take one minute, Hon. Presiding Member.

¶ 02 Hon. Minister, due to scrap iron exports, small industries in lac, copper, and brass have been badly affected. Some ten to fifteen thousand people are in those trades. Please look into this.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 18 March 2025 ·No. 1745915246032615 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 March 2025. No. 1745915246032615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8581