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The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on January 13th 2023 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of January 2023 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, January 17th 2023 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | (i) Two Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act (Vide Item Nos. 1 & 2 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 2(1) issued on 05.01.2023 which were published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2307/12 & 2308/26 of 23rd November & 01st December, 2022 respectively.) (ii) Regulations under the Foreign Exchange Act (Vide Item No. 3 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 2(1) issued on 05.01.2023 which was published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2308/51 of 02nd December, 2022.) |
| 5.00 p.m. | Two Private Members’ Bills titled, “Local Authorities Elections (Amendment)” — Second Reading — To be moved (Vide Item Nos. 10 & 11 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 2(1) issued on 05.01.2023.) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, January 18th 2023 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item No. 2 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 54 of 05.01.2023.) |
| 5.00 p.m. | Twenty Two Motions in relation to the Annual Reports of various Statutory Bodies — To be moved |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Questions at the Adjournment Time (02 Questions) |
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Thursday, January 19th 2023 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill — Second Reading (Vide Item No. 4 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 54 of 05.01.2023.) |
| 5.00 p.m. | (i) Resolution under the Essential Public Services Act — To be approved (ii) Select Committee of Parliament to Investigate the Country’s Economic Setback from November 2019 to date and Report to Parliament and Submit its Proposals and Recommendations in this regard (P. 34/2022) — To be moved (iii) Select Committee of Parliament to look into whether the child malnutrition issue in Sri Lanka is aggravating and to identify short term, medium term and long term measures to be taken in that regard, as well as to oversee the speedy implementation of the identified measures (P. 38/2022) — To be moved (Vide Item Nos. 2 & 5 of the Order Book of Parliament No. 2 of 21.12.2022.) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
| Friday, January 20th 2023 | |
| 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Votes of Condolence on the late— (i) Hon. Upali Dassanayake, ex- MP (ii) Hon. (Dr.) Neville Fernando, ex- MP (iii) Hon. Gunaratne Weerakoon, ex- MP (iv) Hon. Raja Collure, ex- MP |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on December 12th 2022 discussed the Business for Thursday, the 5th of January 2023 and agreed as follows:-
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Thursday, January 05th 2023 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | (i) Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill – Second Reading (ii) Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item Nos. 37 and 38 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 52 of 09.12.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on December 5th and 12th 2022 discussed the Forthcoming Business and agreed as follows:-
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Friday, December 09th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | (i) Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (ii) Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item Nos. 25 & 26 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 49 of 05.12.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Tuesday, December 13th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Fifty Questions for Oral Answers |
| 5.30 p.m. | (i) Select Committee of Parliament to investigate into incidents of infringe of privileges of the Members of Parliament and of the Parliament and to make suitable recommendations in that regard – To be moved (ii) Select Committee of Parliament to make suitable recommendations over the expansion of higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka – To be moved (Vide No-Date Motion Nos. 1 & 2 in the Addendum No. 1(22) of Parliament issued on 09.12.2022) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on November 25th 2022 discussed the Business for Wednesday, the 30th of November 2022 and agreed as follows:-
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Wednesday, November 30th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. | Committee Stage Debate of the Appropriation Bill (2023) |
| 7.00 p.m. |
Immediately after completion of the Committee Stage Debate of the Appropriation Bill (2023)— (i) Appropriation (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (ii) Resolution under the Local Treasury Bills Ordinance (To be passed by Parliament without debate) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on October 27th 2022 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of November 2022 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, November 08th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the “Current issues prevailing in the country” (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, November 09th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. |
(i) Order under the Value Added Tax Act (v) Three Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Questions at the Adjournment Time (02 Questions) |
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Thursday, November 10th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. |
Second Reading of the following Bills:— (x) Rules under the Prisons Ordinance |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
| Friday, November 11th 2022 | |
| 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Votes of Condolence on the late— (i) Hon. Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardane, ex- MP (ii) Hon. T. B. Ekanayake ,ex- MP (iii) Hon. K. Thurairetnasingam, ex- MP (iv) Hon. (Ven.) Baddegama Samitha Thero, ex- MP |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on October 7th 2022 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of October 2022 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, October 18th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Wednesday, October 19th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | (i) Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (ii) Notaries (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (iii) Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (iv) Registration of Documents (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (v) Wills (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (vi) Prevention of Frauds (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item Nos. 48, 36, 37, 39, 41 and 42 respectively of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 22 of 07.10.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Questions at the Adjournment Time (02 Questions) |
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Thursday, October 20th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill — Second Reading (To be continued) (Vide Item No. 33 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 22 of 07.10.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
| Friday, October 21st 2022 | |
| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Second Reading of the Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill |
| 5.30 p.m. | Division for the Second Reading |
| 5.30 p.m. onwards | Committee of the Whole Parliament |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on September 29th and October 06th 2022 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of October 2022 and agreed as follows:
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Monday, October 03rd 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers (50 Questions) |
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Tuesday, October 04th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | (i) Order under the Strategic Development Projects Act (ii) Order under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act (iii) Two Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act (Vide Item Nos. 2 to 5 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(7) of 23.09.2022) (iv) Motion to appoint a “Select Committee of Parliament to study the practical problems and difficulties that have arisen in relation to enhancing the rank in the Ease of Doing Business Index in Sri Lanka and make its proposals and recommendations” — To be moved (Vide Motion (P.33/2022) for which no dates have been fixed on the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(4) of 09.09.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Wednesday, October 05th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. | Order under the Extradition Law (Vide Item No. 19 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 17 of 23.09.2022) |
| 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Amendments to the Standing Orders of the Parliament [Adjourned Debate on Question (22nd September, 2022)] — To be passed (Vide Item No. 2 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 17 of 23.09.2022) |
| 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Questions at the Adjournment Time (02 Questions) |
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Thursday, October 06th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. | Resolution under the Essential Public Services Act (To be passed without debate) |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the statement made by Honourable President on 06.10.2022 (To be continued) |
| Friday, October 07th 2022 | |
| 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Adjourned debate on the statement made by Honourable President on 06.10.2022 |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on September 14th 2022 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of September 2022 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, September 20th 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Resolution for constitution of the National Council (Vide Item No. 1 of the Addendum No. 1(4) of Parliament issued on 09.09.2022) |
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Wednesday, September 21st 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the “Necessity of increasing the Government Revenues” (Government) |
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Thursday, September 22nd 2022 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. | (i) Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item No. 33 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 13 of 09.09.2022) (ii) Regulations under the Civil Aviation Act (Vide Item No. 49 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 13 of 09.09.2022) |
| 1.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. | Amendments to the Standing Orders of the Parliament (Vide Item No. 1 of the Addendum No. 1(3) of Parliament issued on 07.09.2022) |
| 4.30 p.m. to 4.50 p.m. | Questions at the Adjournment Time (02 Questions) |
| 4.50 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
| Friday, September 23rd 2022 | |
| 09.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. | Vote of Condolence on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Vote of Condolence on the late Hon. Amarakeerthi Athukorala, MP of the Ninth Parliament |
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