PARLIAMENT

The Hon. Chandima Weerakkody, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees took the Chair.


Announcements by the Speaker

The following announcements were made-

‘A’  : Death of the Hon. Neranjan Wickremasinghe, M.P.
‘B’  : Endorsement under Article 79 of the Constitution


Presentation of Papers

Annual Reports of the;

(i) Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2014
(ii) Sri Lanka Savings Bank for the year 2013
(iii) Sri Lanka Cement Corporation for the year 2011
(iv) Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for the year 2011

(v) Report of the Committee to Look into the Bond Issues of the Central Bank 2015

(vi) Order made by the Minister of Higher Education and Research under Section 27(1) of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in relation to the establishment of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1909/21 of 07th April 2015

(vii) Order made by the Minister of Higher Education and Research under Section 27(1) of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in relation to the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1908/24 of 31st March 2015

Performance Reports of the;

(viii) Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs for the year 2014
(ix) Department of Buddhist Affairs for the year 2014
(x) National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka for the year 2014

(xi) Notification made by the Minister of Finance, under Section 25 read with Section 32 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52), as amended from time to time regarding Excise License Fee and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1901/19 of 13th February 2015

(xii) Regulations made by the Minister of Civil Aviation in relation to Civil Aviation Security  Management, under Section 117(2) of the Civil Aviation Act, No. 14 of 2010 and published in the  Gazette Extraordinary No. 1882/49 of 03rd October 2014

(xiii) National Policy on Protection and Conservation of Water Sources, their Catchments and Reservations in Sri Lanka that was published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1894/3 of 22nd December 2014 as amended by the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1905/16 of 11th March 2015


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

The Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama, the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) presented its Third Report for the First Session of the Seventh Parliament.


Presentation of Petitions

Public Petitions were presented by the following Hon. MPP:-

(i) The Hon. Tissa Karalliyadda  
(ii) The Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara  
(iii) The Hon. Palitha Thewarapperuma

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Questions under Standing Order 23(2)

The Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva

In relation to the Hon. Prime Minister’s statement about the decision of the Supreme Court regarding Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s Petition.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1512 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Wednesday 20th May 2015.

*  This is an unedited version. For the official record of this day's proceedings, please refer the Hansard.