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The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 23rd, 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of June 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, June 4th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Tea Research Board (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 10 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 63 of 23.05.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
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Wednesday, June 5th 2019 |
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| No Sitting on this day (Ramazan Festival - Public Holiday) | |
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Thursday, June 6th 2019 |
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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. | Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 18 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 63 of 23.05.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Friday, June 7th 2019 |
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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. | Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 19 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 63 of 23.05.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 21st 2019, after discussion, agreed to revise the Business of the House for Wednesday the 22nd, Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th of May, 2019 as follows:-
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Wednesday, May 22nd 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 04.00 p.m. | Regulations under the Convention against Doping in Sports Act (Vide Item No. 2 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 61 of 21.05.2019) |
| 04.00 p.m. | Appointment of a Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to parliament on the terrorist attacks that took place in different places in Sri Lanka on Sunday, the 21st April 2019 (Vide Item No. 1 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 2(4) of 15.05.2019) |
| 04.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Adjournment Motion (UPFA) |
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Thursday, May 23rd 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 04.00 p.m. | (i) Regulation under the Foreign Exchange Act (ii) Eight Resolutions under the Appropriation Act (Vide Item Nos. 3 and 14 to 21 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 61 of 21.05.2019) |
| 04.00 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Motion (JVP) |
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Friday, May 24th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. | Resolution under the Public Security Ordinance - to be passed |
| 06.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 9th, 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of May 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, May 21st 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.00 p.m. | Order under the Strategic Development Projects Act (Vide Item No. 9 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 59 of 09.05.2019) |
| 06.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Wednesday, May 22nd 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 04.00 p.m. | Regulations under the Convention against Doping in Sports Act (Vide Item No. 11 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 59 of 09.05.2019) |
| 04.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Adjournment Motion (UPFA) |
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Thursday, May 23rd 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. | Regulation under the Foreign Exchange Act (Vide Item No. 10 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 59 of 09.05.2019) |
| 06.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
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Friday, May 24th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. | Tea Research Board (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item No. 18 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 59 of 09.05.2019) |
| 01.30 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Adjournment Motion (JVP) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 9th 2019, after discussion, agreed to revise the Business of the House for Friday the 10th of May, 2019 as follows:-
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Friday, May 10th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers - to be decided by the House |
| 11.30 a.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Adjournment Debate on the “Current situation of the country after the unexpected terrorist attack on Sunday, the 21st of April 2019” |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on April 2nd and May 6th 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of May 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, May 07th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers - to be decided by the House |
| 02.00 p.m. | Coconut Development (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading - (To be Passed without debate) (Vide Item No. 1 of the Order Book of Parliament No. 2 of 05.04.2019) |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the “Current situation of the country after the unexpected terrorist attack on Sunday, the 21st of April 2019” (UPFA) |
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Wednesday, May 08th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 01.30 p.m. | Prime Ministers' Question Time (4 Questions) |
| 01.30 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers (8 Questions) - to be decided by the House |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Continuation of the Adjournment Debate on the “Current situation of the country after the unexpected terrorist attack on Sunday, the 21st of April 2019” |
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Thursday, May 09th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 06.30 p.m. | (i) Six Orders under the Special Commodity Levy Act (ii) Regulation under the Foreign Exchange Act (iii) Resolution under the Customs Ordinance (Vide Item Nos. 1 to 8 of the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(12) issued on 29.03.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Friday, May 10th 2019 |
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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. | Nine Private Members’ Motions (i) Motion by Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri (P. 11/'18) (ii) Motion by Hon. Mohamadu Nazeer (P. 13/'19) (iii) Motion by Hon. Ananda Aluthgamage (P. 17/'19) (iv) Motion by Hon. Ashoka Priyantha (P. 21/'19) (v) Motion by Hon. Thushara Indunil Amarasena (P. 30/'19) (vi) Motion by Hon. Hesha Withanage (P. 42/'19) (vii) Motion by Hon. (Mrs.) Hirunika Premachandra (P. 43/'19) (viii) Motion by Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa (P. 45/'19) (ix) Motion by Hon. S.M. Marikkar (P. 46/'19) (The above Motions were published in the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(8) issued on 08.02.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on February 6th, 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of February 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, February 19th 2019 |
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| No Sitting on this day (Poya Day - Public Holiday) | |
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Wednesday, February 20th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Two Orders under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act (Vide Item No. 34 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 23 of 06.02.2019 and the other Order published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2093/19 of 17.10.2018 which was presented to Parliament on 05.02.2019 and the motion thereon was published in the Addendum of Parliament No. 1(8) issued on 08.02.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
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Thursday, February 21st 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. | Two Regulations under the Construction Industry Development Act - To be passed without debate (Vide Item Nos. 32 and 33 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 23 of 06.02.2019) |
| 11.30 a.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the “Constitutional Council” (UPFA) |
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Friday, February 22nd 2019 |
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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 (i) Hon. (Al-haj) A. H. M. Azwer, ex-MP (ii) Hon. P.S. Soosaithasan, ex-MP (iii) Hon. P.A. Jinadasa Niyathapala, ex-MP |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (JVP) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on January 25th, 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of February 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, February 5th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the “Report of the Presidential Commission of inquiry to investigate and inquire into the serious acts of fraud, corruption and abuse of power, state resources and privileges (PRCIFAC)” (ITAK) |
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Wednesday, February 6th 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 01.30 p.m. | Prime Ministers' Question Time (4 Questions) |
| 01.30 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers (8 Questions) |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. |
(i) Order under the Transfer of Offenders Act |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
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Thursday, February 7th 2019 |
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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. | Regulations under the Regulation of Private Security Agencies Act (Vide Item No. 7 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 21 of 25.01.2019) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Friday, February 8th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 11.30 a.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on “The First Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) (From 01.07.2017 to 30.09.2017) for the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament”(JVP) |
The Leaders of the Political Parties who met on January 9th, 2019 discussed the Business of the House for the second Sitting week for the month of January 2019 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Bill - Adjourned debate on question (12th October 2018) (This bill was presented to Parliament on 09.05.2018 and appeared as Item No. 3 on the Order Paper of Parliament No. 44 of 26.10.2018 during the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UNP) |
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Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Debt Conciliation (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (This Bill was presented to Parliament on 25.10.2018 during the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (ITAK) |
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Thursday, January 24th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate (JVP) |
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Friday, January 25th 2019 |
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| 10.30 a.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Adjournment Debate (UPFA) |
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