PARLIAMENT

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


Presentation of Papers by the Speaker

• the Third Instalment – Part VI, the Fifth Instalment – Part VI, VII and VIII and the Sixth Instalment – Part XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2012; and

• the First Instalment – Part II, the Second Instalment – Part IV, V, VI and VII, the Third Instalment – Part I and II and the Fourth Instalment – Part IV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2013

under Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.


Presentation of Papers

Performance Reports of the;

(i) Commissioner of Elections for the year 2014
(ii) District Secretariat - Batticaloa for the year 2014
(iii) District Secretariat - Kalutara for the year 2014
(iv) District Secretariat - Kegalle for the year 2014
(v) District Secretariat - Vavuniya for the year 2014
(vi) Co-operative Employees Commission for the year 2013
(vii) Ministry of Productivity Promotion for the year 2014
(viii) Department of Management Audit for the year 2014
(ix) Department of State Accounts for the year 2014
(x) Department of Project Management and Monitoring for the year 2014
(xi) Ministry of Internal Transport for the year 2014
(xii) Ministry of Land and Land Development for the year 2014
(xiii) Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka for the year 2013
(xiv) Ministry of Postal Services for the year 2014
(xv) Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs for the year 2014

(xvi) Order made by the Minister of Higher Education and Research under subsection (4) of Section 20 of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1914/33 of 14th May 2015


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

Report of the Consultative Committee on Mass Media was presented to the Parliament.


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. (Prof.) Tissa Vitarana  
(ii) The Hon. Palitha Thewarapperuma  
(iii) The Hon. Hunais Farook - Two Petitions
(iv) The Hon. Ajith Mannapperuma

(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 increasing of international network activities of LTTE

(ii) The Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara

In relation to the increasing of prices on essential food items


Private Members’ Bills

The Hon. Ajith Kumara was granted leave to introduce the Bill, entitled

“to provide for the payment of a Budgetary Relief Allowance by employers to certain categories of workers for the purposes of implementing the Budget Proposal in respect of private sector salaries and wages to the effect that the monthly wage of a worker be  increased by a sum of Rs. 2,500 included in the statement made in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 29.01.2015 by the Minister of Finance of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in presenting an interim Budget, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.”

The above was referred to the Minister of Labour for report to Parliament under Standing Order 47 (5).


Adjournment Motion

Adjournment Motion on “Electoral Reforms” was moved by the Hon. R. Yogarajan.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1825 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 24th June 2015.

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