The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
The Minister said the Question had been submitted only the previous evening and requested time until Friday to provide detailed answers. He noted that the Food Security Committee at the Presidential Secretariat had discussed measures to protect domestic production of crops such as red onions, big onions, and potatoes, and had resolved to take steps to safeguard local crops.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Hon. Member submitted this Question only yesterday evening. The Food Security Committee has discussed protecting domestic production of red onion, big onion, and potato, among others. We have resolved to take steps to protect local crops. The Committee functions at the Presidential Secretariat. I request time until this Friday to provide detailed answers.
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 July 2025. No. 1752660241032216. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9234