The Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, the Speaker took the Chair.


Presentation of Papers

Order made by the Minister of Higher Education and Research under Section 20(4) of the Universities Act, No. 16  of 1978 and published in the;

(i) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1917/44 of 04th June 2015
(ii) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1928/23 of 21st August 2015
(iii) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1942/15 of 26th November 2015
(iv) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1920/37 of 26th June 2015
(v) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1934/7 of 28th September 2015
(vi) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1947/25 of 30th December 2015
(vii) Gazette Extraordinary No. 1923/40 of 15th July 2015


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. Gamini Lokuge  
(ii) The Hon. (Dr.) Jayampathy Wickramaratne - 2 Petitions

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Questions under Standing Order 23(2)

(i) The Hon. Douglas Devananda

Social degradation incidents in Jaffna

(ii) The Hon. Anura Dissanayaka

Problems faced by the unemployed graduates

(iii) The Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena

Conducting of Local Government Election


Motions at the Commencement of Public Business

Committee on Public Accounts

House agreed to a Motion moved by the Leader of the House of Parliament that notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.125 of the Parliament and the resolution adopted by the Parliament on November 04th, 2015, the Committee on Public Accounts shall consist of twenty six (26) Members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Committee on Public Enterprises

House agreed to a Motion moved by the Leader of the House of Parliament that notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.126 of the Parliament and the  resolution adopted by the Parliament on November 04th, 2015, the Committee on Public Enterprises shall consist of twenty six (26) Members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Committee on Public Petitions

House agreed to a Motion moved by the Leader of the House of Parliament that notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.128 of the Parliament and the resolution adopted by the Parliament on  November 04th, 2015, the Committee on Public Petitions shall consist of twenty two (22) Members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Committee on High Posts

House agreed to a Motion moved by the Leader of the House of Parliament that notwithstanding the provisions of the Standing Order No. 128A of the Parliament and the resolution adopted by the Parliament on October 08th, 2015, the Committee on High Posts shall consist of fifteen (15) Members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.


Adjournment Motion

Adjournment Motion on the “Bill entitled 'Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment)' which was passed on 12.02.2016” was moved by the Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1830 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Tuesday 8th March 2016.

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