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


Announcements by the Speaker

‘A’  :  Endorsement under Article 79 of the Constitution
‘B’  :  Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill entitled “Right to Information”
‘C’  :  Regarding the Private Member’s Bill entitled “Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment)”
‘D’   :  Members to serve in the Sectoral Oversight Committees


Presentation of Papers by the Speaker

• The First Instalment – Part XII of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2011;
• The First Instalment – Part XIII of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2012; and
• The Second Instalment – Part V and the Fourth Instalment – Part II, III, IV and V of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2014

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

Parliament granted approval to print the Reports.


Presentation of Papers

Annual Reports of the;

(i) National Engineering Research and Development Centre of Sri Lanka for the year 2013
(ii) National Research Council for the year 2013
(iii) National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority for the year 2012
(iv) Lady Lochore Loan Fund for the year 2014

(v) Supplementary Allocations from the Supplementary Support Services and Contingency Liabilities Project appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget - 2016 as at 05.04.2016 under Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 16 of 2015


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. P. Harrison     - 2 Petitions
(ii) The Hon. R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara  
(iii) The Hon. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena  - 2 Petitions
(iv) The Hon. Susantha Punchinilame   - 9 Petitions
(v) The Hon. Vijitha Herath    - 4 Petitions
(vi) The Hon. Kumara Welgama  
(vii) The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardana   - 2 Petitions
(viii) The Hon. Nihal Galappaththi    - 4 Petitions
(ix) The Hon. Edward Gunasekara    - 3 Petitions
(x) The Hon. Anura Sidney Jayarathne  
(xi) The Hon. Sandith Samarasinghe   - 2 Petitions

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1505 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Wednesday 4th May 2016.

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