PARLIAMENT

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


Presentation of Papers

Performance Reports of the;

(i) District Secretariat - Galle for the year 2014
(ii) District Secretariat - Kilinochchi for the year 2014
(iii) Department of the Meteorology for the year 2014
(iv) Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs for the year 2014

(v) Order made by the Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training on the extension of period of validity of the Interim Committee appointed by the President under subsection (4) of Section 69 of the Ocean University of Sri Lanka Act, No. 31 of 2014 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1916/8 of 27th May 2015


Presentation of Petitions

Public Petition was presented by the following Hon. MP:-

The Hon. Pon. Selvarasa

(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 recent discussion held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the ‘Global Tamil Forum’


Votes of Condolence on the following Ex-Members of Parliament were taken up and completed:-

(i) The Late Hon. Neranjan Wickremasinghe
(ii) The Late Hon. Sanjeeva Kaviratne


Motion at the Adjournment Time

Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Distribution of Savings of the Samurdi recipients among others on political affiliation” was moved by the Hon. Bandula Gunawardane.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1747 Hrs. until 1330 Hrs. on Friday 12th June 2015.

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