The Hon. Thilanga Sumathipala, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees took the Chair.


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. Susantha Punchinilame  
(ii) The Hon. Arundika Fernando  
(iii) The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake  
(iv) The Hon. Seeniththamby Yoheswaran  
(v) The Hon. Mohamed Navavi  
(vi) The Hon. S. Viyalanderan

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Ministerial Statements

Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, the Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe replied to the Question raised by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena regarding the Conducting of Local Government Election


Main Business of the House for Today

The following Items (appearing as Item Nos. 1 to 5 of today’s Order Paper) were passed by the House:-

(i) Three Orders under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act
(ii) National Minimum Wage of Workers Bill - with amendments
(iii) Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Bill - with amendments


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1833 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Wednesday 23rd March 2016.

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