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The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on October 16th and 21st 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of October 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
Two Orders under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act |
| 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Wednesday, October 21st 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. |
Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Bill – Second Reading to be continued |
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Thursday, October 22nd 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Continuation of the adjourned debate on the Second Reading of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Bill |
| 7.30 p.m. | Division for the Second Reading of the Bill |
| 7.30 p.m. onwards | Committee of the Whole Parliament |
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Friday, October 23rd 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. | Adjournment debate on the “Present situation prevailing in the Country due to spreading of Covid – 19 Pandemic” (Opposition) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on September 25th 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of October 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, October 06th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
(i) Finance (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading |
| 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Wednesday, October 07th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Prime Ministers’ Question Time (04 Questions) |
| 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers (08 Questions) |
| 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
(i) Nation Building Tax (Amendment)Bill – Second Reading |
| 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Thursday, October 08th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The Foreign Agreements” (Opposition) |
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Friday, October 09th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on September 10th 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of September 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
(i) Two Orders under the Finance Acts, Nos. 11 of 2006 and 12 of 2012 (These seven Orders published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2168/9, 2152/35, 2147/72, 2153/29, 2163/26, 2177/2 and 2180/21 dated 27.03.2020, 05.12.2019, 31.10.2019, 14.12.2019, 20.02.2020, 26.05.2020 and 17.06.2020 respectively were presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020 and the Motions thereon were published in the Addendum of Parliament No.1(3) issued on 11.09.2020.) (These two Regulations and three Orders published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2170/4, 2182/32, 2169/3, 2182/33 and 2182/37 dated 08.04.2020, 01.07.2020, 02.04.2020, 01.07.2020 and 02.07.2020 respectively were presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020 and the Motions thereon were published in the Addendum of Parliament No.1(3) issued on 11.09.2020.) (These thirty-one Orders published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2147/74, 2148/25, 2148/37, 2153/28, 2155/12, 2159/41, 2160/63, 2164/10, 2165/12, 2165/73, 2167/11, 2168/7, 2170/5, 2171/2, 2173/12, 2174/7, 2176/18, 2180/10, 2180/11, 2181/23, 2184/53, 2186/32, 2147/5, 2151/44, 2161/34, 2166/34, 2167/10, 2171/3, 2176/20, 2181/24 and 2183/44 dated 01.11.2019, 07.11.2019, 08.11.2019, 13.12.2019, 24.12.2019, 24.01.2020, 01.02.2020, 24.02.2020, 03.03.2020, 07.03.2020, 18.03.2020, 26.03.2020, 09.04.2020, 16.04.2020, 30.04.2020, 07.05.2020, 21.05.2020, 16.06.2020, 16.06.2020, 26.06.2020, 18.07.2020, 31.07.2020, 28.10.2019, 28.11.2019 06.02.2020, 13.03.2020 18.03.2020, 16.04.2020, 22.05.2020 26.06.2020 and 10.07.2020 respectively were presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020 and the Motions thereon were published in the Addendum of Parliament No.1(3) issued on 11.09.2020.) |
| 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The Performance Report of the Election Commission for the Third Quarter (01.07.2019 – 30.10.2019) of 2019” (Government) |
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Thursday, September 24th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The Performance Report of the Finance Commission for Fourth Quarter (01.10.2019 – 31.12.2019) of 2019)” (Government) |
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Friday, September 25th 2020 |
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| 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. | Votes of Condolence on the late (i) Hon. R. M. K. B. Ratnayake, ex-MP (ii) Hon. (Mrs.) Surangani Ellawala, ex-MP |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on September 3rd 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of September 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, September 08th 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2019 and the Mid – Year Fiscal Position Report for the year 2020” (Government) |
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Wednesday, September 09th 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | (i) Nine Orders under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act (Vide Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2100/3, 2105/48, 2131/29, 2135/55, 2135/68, 2145/12, 2151/60, 2165/60 and 2178/15 dated 03.12.2018, 11.01.2019, 10.07.2019, 09.08.2019, 10.08.2019, 14.10.2019, 01.12.2019, 06.03.2020 and 02.06.2020 respectively will be presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020.) (ii) Ten Notifications under the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52) (Vide Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2142/77, 2147/75, 2152/11, 2152/12, 2152/13, 2155/19, 2164/72, 2173/11, 2178/4 and 2179/9 dated 27.09.2019, 01.11.2019, 03.12.2019, 03.12.2019, 03.12.2019, 27.12.2019, 01.03.2020, 30.04.2020, 01.06.2020 and 09.06.2020 respectively will be presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020.) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Thursday, September 10th 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | (i) Six Notifications under the Ports and Airports Development Levy Act (Vide Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2152/32, 2164/15, 2171/6, 2172/10, 2176/10 and 2177/4 dated 05.12.2019, 25.02.2020, 16.04.2020, 22.04.2020, 19.05.2020 and 26.05.2020 respectively will be presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020.) (ii) Three Orders under the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) (Vide Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2166/35, 2172/6 and 2181/13 dated 13.03.2020, 22.04.2020 and 24.06.2020 respectively will be presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020.) (iii) Six Orders under the Revenue Protection Act (Vide Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2165/72, 2170/6, 2171/4, 2172/7, 2180/31 and 2183/27 dated 07.03.2020, 09.04.2020, 16.04.2020, 22.04.2020, 18.06.2020 and 08.07.2020 respectively will be presented to Parliament on 08.09.2020.) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Friday, September 11th 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Vote of condolence on the late Hon. Arumugan Thondaman, ex- Member of Parliament |
The Leaders of the Political Parties who met on August 20th 2020, after discussion, agreed to have Sittings of Parliament on Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of August, 2020 and agreed to take up the following Business on these days:-
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Thursday, August 27th 2020 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | (i) Resolution under the Constitution [Vote on Account - 2020] - To be approved (ii) Resolution under the Local Treasury Bills Ordinance - To be approved (The above two Resolutions were published in the Order Book No. 1 of Parliament issued on 21.08.2020) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on February 7th and 12th, 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the second Sitting week for the month of February 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 2.00 p.m. | (i) Two Regulations under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act (ii) Order under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act (Vide Item Nos. 4 to 6 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(3) issued on 07.02.2020) (iii) Annual Reports and Accounts – To be passed without debate (Vide Item Nos. 27 to 44 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 11 of 07.02.2020) |
| 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The Forensic Audit Report regarding the issuing of Treasury Bonds by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)” - (JVP) |
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 2.00 p.m. | Institute of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Bill - Consideration (Report of the Legislative Standing Committee on the above Bill will be presented to Parliament on 18.02.2020) |
| 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Adjournment Debate on “The Forensic Audit Report regarding the issuing of Treasury Bonds by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)” |
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Thursday, February 20th, 2020 |
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| Questions for Oral Answers (To be deferred to another date with the leave of the House) |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. |
(i) Resolution under the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ii) Five Orders under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act |
| 12.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “Airbus deal of the Sri Lankan Airlines” (UNP) |
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Friday, February 21st, 2020 |
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| No Sitting on this day. (Mahasivarathri Day – Public Holiday) |
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The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on January 24th, 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the first Sitting week for the month of February 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, February 04th 2020 |
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| No Sitting of Parliament (Independence Day) (Public Holiday) | |
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Wednesday, February 05th 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. | Prime Ministers’ Question Time (04 Questions) |
| 1.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers (08 Questions) |
| 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Regulations under the Motor Traffic Act (Vide Item 15 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 8 of 24.01.2020) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
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Thursday, February 06th 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | (i) Seven Orders under the Special Commodity Levy Act (ii) Two Resolutions under the Customs Ordinance (iii) Regulations under the Foreign Exchange Act (iv) Two Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act (v) Two Orders under the Value Added Tax Act (Vide Item 1 to 14 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 8 of 24.01.2020) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
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Friday, February 07th 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Votes of Condolence on the Late Hon. (i) C. Nanda Mathew, M.P. (ii) (Dr.) Ranjith Atapattu, M.P. (iii) Prince Casinader, M.P. (iv) M. S. Themis, M.P. |
The Leaders of the Political Parties who met on January 13th, 2020 discussed the Business of the House for the second Sitting week for the month of January 2020 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, January 21st 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Nine Regulations under the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act (Vide Item Nos. 3 to 11 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 103 of 11.11.2019 of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (JVP) |
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Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 |
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| 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Three Regulations under the Construction Industry Development Act (Vide Item Nos. 17 to 19 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 103 of 11.11.2019 of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Thursday, January 23rd 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Four Orders under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (Vide Item Nos. 12 to 15 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 103 of 11.11.2019 of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament) |
| 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
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Friday, January 24th 2020 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. | Vote of Condolence on the late Hon. T. Ranjith De Zoysa, Member of Parliament |
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