Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
The Minister presented the Ministry of Health’s Annual Performance Report for 2024 and moved that it be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Affairs. He also laid before the House regulations made by the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Pricing Committee under the NMRA Act and related consumer law provisions, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 of 21 July 2025, and moved that they be referred to the Advisory Committee on Health and Mass Media.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I present the Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Health for the year 2024.
¶ 02 I move that this Report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Affairs.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Hon. Speaker, under Section 118(4) read with Section 142 of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act, No. 5 of 2015, having considered the provisions of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003, and relevant factors, the Pricing Committee of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, established under the said Act, has made regulations which were published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 dated 21 July 2025. I lay the same before the House.
¶ 05 I move that these regulations be referred to the Advisory Committee on Health and Mass Media of the Ministry.
¶ 06 Question put, and agreed to.
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