Presentation of Papers
(i) Regulations made by the President under Section 20 of the Import and Export (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 read with Article 44 (2) of the Constitution (Gazette Extraordinary No. 1804/17 of 03.04.2013)
(ii) Supplementary Allocations from the Budgetary Support Services and Contingency Liabilities Project appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget - 2013 under Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 23 of 2012
Annual Reports of the;
(iii)
Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2012
(iv)
Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory Limited for the year 2010/2011
(v) Chilaw Plantations Ltd. for the year 2011
(vi)
Director General’s Performance Report of the Rubber Development Department for the year 2011
The Privilege motions that the question of privilege arising out of the matters raised by,
• Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, M.P.
• Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe, M.P.
in Parliament on March 20th, 2013, moved by the Hon. John Amaratunga, were referred to the Committee on Privileges under Standing Order 127.
Private Members’ Bills
The Hon. Shantha Bandara was granted leave to introduce the Bill, entitled
"Maithripala Sirisena Lakdaru Diriya Foundation (Incorporation)"
The above Bill was referred to the Minister of Social Services for report to Parliament under Standing Order 47 (5).
Main Business of the House for Today
Vote of No-Confidence
Vote of No-Confidence on the Hon. Dilan Perera, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare was taken up and negatived after having taken a division (32 in favour; 136 against).
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1935 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Wednesday 8th May 2013.