The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Receipt of copies of petitions in respect of the Bill titled “Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution” filed at the Supreme Court
Presentation of Papers by the Speaker
Special Audit Report on Eighth and Ninth Sessions of the Parliament of Sri Lanka in the Tenth Installment of the Report of the Auditor General in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Presentation of Papers
(i) Report on the observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Ministry of Defence in the Report of the Committee on Public Accounts which was presented to Parliament
(ii) Annual Report of the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka for the year 2022
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) The Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways and Urban Development was presented by the Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
(ii) The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament, the Pro-tem Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Ashoka Gunasena, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. Danushka Ranganath, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(iv) The Hon. Chandima Hettiaratchi, 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
Compensation and other details of X-Press Pearl disaster
(ii) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Details of power generation, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), etc.
Main Business of the House for Today
Supplementary Sum - Head 118 - Programme 02 (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was approved by the House.
Adjournment Motion
Adjournment Motion on “prevailing drought situation in certain areas of the Country” was proposed by the Hon. Ajith Agalakada, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1730 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Tuesday 8th September 2026.
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