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The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on July 7th, 2016 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of July 2016 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, July 19th 2016 |
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| No Sitting of Parliament (Public Holiday- Poya day) | |
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Wednesday, July 20th 2016 |
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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. | Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (The above Bill was presented to Parliament on Friday, the 08th of July 2016) |
| After discussion, it was agreed that if the Bill entitled, “Value Added Tax (Amendment)” is challenged before the Supreme Court in terms of Article 121(1) of the Constitution, the following item will be taken up for debate in place of the said Bill:- | |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Regulations under the Sports Law (Vide Item No. 12 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 83 of 07.07.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Thursday, July 21st 2016 |
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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. | Rules Under the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Act (Vide Item No. 15 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 83 of 07.07.2016) |
| 01.30 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Three Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act (Two Regulations above appear as Item Nos. 9 and 10 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 83 of 07.07.2016 and the other was published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1970/9 of 07.06.2016 and presented to Parliament on 07.07.2016 and the Motion thereof was included in the Addendum No. 3(5) issued on 08.07.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Friday, July 22nd 2016 |
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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. | Adjournment Debate on the Current Economic Situation of the Country (UPFA) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on June 21st, 2016 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of July 2016 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, July 05th 2016 |
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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. | Homoeopathy Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item No. 5 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 78 of 21.06.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, July 06th 2016 |
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| No Sitting of Parliament (Public Holiday- Ramadan Festival) | |
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Thursday, July 07th 2016 |
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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. | National Research Council of Sri Lanka Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item No. 4 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 78 of 21.06.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
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Friday, July 08th 2016 |
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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. | (i) Order under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (ii) Regulations under the Judicature Act (iii) Mediation Board (Amendment) Bill – Second Reading (Vide Item Nos. 11, 12 and 6 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 78 of 21.06.2016 respectively) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on June 21st 2016, after discussion, agreed to revise the Business of the House for Friday the 24th of June, 2016 as follows:-
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Friday, June 24th 2016 |
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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. | Adjourned debate on the Second Reading of the Right to Information Bill |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on June 9th, 2016 discussed the Business of the House for the Second Sitting week for the month of June 2016 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, June 21st 2016 |
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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. | Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 4 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 76 of 09.06.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 |
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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. | Resolution under the Constitution (Media Guidelines to be followed/ policies to be observed by the electronic and print media during referenda and elections) (Vide Item No. 6 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 76 of 09.06.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
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Thursday, June 23rd 2016 |
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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. | Right to Information Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 13 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 76 of 09.06.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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Friday, June 24th 2016 |
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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. | Vote of Condolence on the late Hon. D.M. Gunasekera, Ex. M.P. |
| 01.30 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Vote of Condolence on the late Hon. M.K.A.D.S. Gunawardana, Ex. M.P. and Former Minister of Lands |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (UPFA) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on June 8th 2016, after discussion, agreed to revise the Business of the House for Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th of June, 2016 as follows:-
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Thursday, June 09th 2016 |
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| 09.30 a.m. to 05.30 p.m. | Vote of No-Confidence on the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, the Minister of Finance |
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Friday, June 10th 2016 |
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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. | Adjournment Debate on the problems faced by the people in the North and the East (Opposition) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 25th, 2016 discussed the Business of the House for the First Sitting week for the month of June 2016 and agreed as follows:-
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Tuesday, June 07th 2016 |
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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. | Adjournment Debate on Education (Opposition) |
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Wednesday, June 08th 2016 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 01.30 p.m. | Questions to be asked from the Prime Minister |
| 01.30 p.m. to 02.00 p.m. | Questions for Oral Answers |
| 02.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Vote of No-Confidence on the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, the Minister of Finance (Vide Item No. 3 (P 175/'16) of the Order Book of Parliament No. 3 of 26.04.2016) |
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Thursday, June 09th 2016 |
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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. | Adjournment Debate on the problems faced by the people in the North and the East |
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Friday, June 10th 2016 |
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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. | Two Regulations under the Imports & Exports (Control) Act (Vide Item Nos. 2 and 3 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 73 of 25.05.2016) |
| 01.30 p.m. to 06.30 p.m. | Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Vide Item No. 4 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 73 of 25.05.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Government) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 20th, 2016, decided to have a special Sitting of Parliament on Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 and agreed to take up the following Business on this day:-
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Wednesday, May 25th 2016 |
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| 01.00 p.m. to 03.00 p.m. | Adjournment Debate on the relief measures and damages caused by the floods (Government) |
The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met on May 17th 2016, after discussion, agreed to revise the Business of the House for Friday the 20th of May, 2016 as follows:-
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Friday, May 20th 2016 |
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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. | Resolution under the Constitution (Media Guidelines to be followed/ policies to be observed by the electronic and print media during referenda and elections) (Vide Item No. 11 of the Order Paper of Parliament No. 69 of 17.05.2016) |
| 06.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m. | Motion at the Adjournment Time (Opposition) |
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