The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Receipt of a copy of a petition in respect of the Bill titled “Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment)” filed at the Supreme Court
2 : Regarding Hon. Ravi Karunanayake’s remarks about Tabled Documents and Hansard Reports
3 : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business
Presentation of Papers
(i) Annual performance Report of the Department of Government Information for the year 2022.
(ii) Annual Performance Report of the Department of Export Agriculture for the year 2023.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. U.P. Abeywickrama, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Nishantha Perera, Member of Parliament - Three Petitions
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Issues of coconut industry
The Hon. Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure replied to the above Question.
(ii) The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Conducting corruption investigations against administrators of Northern Province Hospitals for improper handling of public funds
The Hon. Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media replied to the above Question.
Presentation of Bills
The Hon. Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development moved the Bill entitled
“Companies (Amendment)”
to amend the Companies Act, No. 07 of 2007.
Private Members’ Bills
The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam was granted leave to introduce the following Bill, entitled
“Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment)”
Main Business of the House for Today
National Transport Commission (Amendment) Bill (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was passed by the House.
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Plight of fishermen in the eastern coastal belt” was proposed by the Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1738 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Friday 6th June 2025.
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