The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Receipt of the copies of petitions filed at the Supreme Court
Presentation of Papers
(i) Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 20 read with Sections 4(1) and 14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 amended by Acts, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2465/07 of 01st December 2025
(ii) Recommendations submitted to the Hon. President by the Finance Commission for the year 2026 in terms of Sub Article 4(a) of Article 154R of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
(iii) Performance Report of the President’s Fund for the year 2024
(iv) Annual Report of the State Mortgage and Investment Bank for the year 2024
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna, member of the Committee on behalf of the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. B. Ariyawansha, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(iv) The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Gunawardana, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Details of Government-to-Government bilateral agreement for foreign employment with South Korea
Ministerial Statements
(i) Hon. Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake under the Questions to be asked from the Prime Minister on 10.09.2025 regarding income and expenditure details of Ceylon Electricity Board.
(ii) Hon. Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Sajith Premadasa under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 24.09.2025 regarding Enactment and enforcement of legislative, executive and judicial reforms.
Privilege
The Privilege motion that the question of privilege arising out of the matter raised by the Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, M.P. on 24th October, 2025 in Parliament to the effect that his privileges have been infringed, moved by the Hon. Leader of the House of Parliament, was referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges in terms of the provisions of Standing Order 118 of the Parliament.
Main Business of the House for Today
Supplementary Sum — Head 240 — Programme 02 (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was approved by the House.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1807 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Tuesday 6th January 2026.
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