PARLIAMENT

The Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa, the Speaker took the Chair.


Announcements by the Speaker

The following announcement was made-

‘A’  : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business


Presentation of Papers

Performance Reports of the;

(i) Department for Registration of Persons for the year 2014
(ii) Ministry of Disaster Management for the year 2014

(iii) Supplementary Allocations from the Budgetary Support Services and Contingency Liabilities Project appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget - 2015 under Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 41 of 2014


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. Jayantha Ketagoda  
(ii) The Hon. Ashok Abeysinghe - Two Petitions

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Questions under Standing Order 23(2)

(i) The Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva

In relation to the relief to be given to Golden Key depositors

(ii) The Hon. Douglas Devananda

In relation to the lack of Market facilities for vegetable cultivators in Jaffna district


Main Business of the House for Today

National Authority on Teacher Education (Repeal) Bill

was passed by the House.


Adjournment Motion

Adjournment Motion on “Report of the Committee to Look into the Bond Issues of the Central Bank 2015” was moved by the Hon. (Prof.) G.L. Peiris, under the Standing Orders 17(2).


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1930 Hrs. until 1330 Hrs. on Friday 22nd May 2015.

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