The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Messages from the President
1 : The Navy Act (Chapter 358)
Announcements by the Speaker
2 : Endorsement of the certificate on a Bill under Article 79 of the Constitution
3 : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business
Presentation of Papers by the Speaker
(i) First Installment – Parts VIII and IX and Fourth Installment – Parts III and IV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2024 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
(ii) Second Installment – Part VII and Ninth Installment – Part IV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2024 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Presentation of Papers
(i) Report on the details pertaining to “Transfers of Allocations through Virement Procedure” from 01 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, in terms of the Section 24(4) of the Public Financial Management Act, No. 44 of 2024, and the Section 5 of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025.
(ii) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Psychology Degree awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2415/20 of 16th December 2024.
(iii) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Quantity Surveying, Bachelor of Science Honours in Biomedical Science and Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Degrees awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2424/59 of 20th February 2025.
(iv) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Hotel and Resort Management Honours Degree awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2428/12 of 19th March 2025.
(v) Proclamation made and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2454/68 of 21st September 2025 and Schedule thereto, by virtue of the powers vested with the President in terms of Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979.
(vi) Annual Performance Report of the Department of Textile Industry for the year 2024.
(vii) Annual Reports of the National Innovation Agency for the years 2022 and 2023.
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
(ii) The Fourth Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(ii) The Hon. Ajith Agalakada, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. U.P. Abeywickrama, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament - Three Petitions
(iv) The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran, Member of Parliament
(v) The Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake, Member of Parliament
(vi) The Hon. Jagath Manuwarna, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Unemployment problem in Sri Lanka
(ii) The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
Issues in vehicle emission testing system
The Hon. Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation replied to the above Question.
Main Business of the House for Today
National Building Research Institute Bill (appearing as Item Nos. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was passed by the House.
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Re-scrutiny of the answer script for the Sri Lanka Law college entrance exam” was proposed by the Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1749 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 24th September 2025.
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