The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Question of privilege raised by the Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney at Law, M.P.
2 : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business
Presentation of Papers
(i) Annual Report of the National Building Research Organization for the year 2024.
(ii) Annual Report of the Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2024.
(iii) Regulations made by the then Minister of Technology under Section 71(1) read with Section 17(10) of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act, No. 25 of 1991 as amended by the Sri Lanka Telecommunications (Amendment) Acts, No. 27 of 1996 and No. 39 of 2024 regarding Telecommunications Infrastructure Sharing and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2396/32 of 07th August 2024.
(iv) Annual Report of the Colombo Commercial Fertilizers Limited for the year 2023/2024.
(v) Annual Report of the Coconut Cultivation Board for the year 2023
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) First Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committees for the First Session of the Tenth Parliament was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Rizvie Salih, Deputy Speaker and the Chair of Committees.
(ii) The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability was presented by the Hon. Hector Appuhamy, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
(iii) Two Reports of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Manpower and Human Capital was presented by the Hon. (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi, Member of the Committee, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Rathna Gamage, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Thanura Dissanayake, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. Sunil Biyanwila, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka, Member of Parliament
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Issues regarding Attorney General post
The Hon. Minister of Justice and National Integration replied to the above Question.
(ii) The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Measures of returning seizure of the gold jewelleries of North and East Tamil people
Ministerial Statements
Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply replied to the Question raised by the Hon. K. Kader Masthan under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 09.09.2025 regarding vehicles issues of welfare centres for displaced person.
Main Business of the House for Today
(i) Universities (Amendment) Bill (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was approved by the House with amendments.
(ii) Resolution under the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
was approved by the House.
Questions at the Adjournment Time
(i) The Hon. Mano Ganesan, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Kanchana Welipitiya, Member of Parliament
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1740 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Tuesday 3rd February 2026.
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