PARLIAMENT

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


Presentation of Papers

(i) The Order made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Section 4 of the Diplomatic Privileges Act, No. 9 of 1996 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1987/23 of 5th October, 2016

(ii) List of Proposed Alteration in the Legends of Drafts Estimate - 2017


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

(i) The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by its chairman, the Hon. M. A. Sumanthiran.
(ii) The Reports of the Sectoral Oversight Committees on Legal Affairs (anti-corruption) and Media was presented by its chairmen, the Hon. Ajith Manapperuma.


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe                   
(ii) The Hon. H. R. Sarathie Dushmantha                   
(iii) The Hon. J. C. Alawathuwala                   
(iv) The Hon. Anura Sidney Jayarathne                   
(v) The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa          - Ten Petitions

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Main Business of the House for Today

Appropriation Bill (2017) - Committee

Today is the Seventh Allotted Day of the Appropriation Bill (2017) – “Committee Stage Debate”.


Motion at the Adjournment Time

Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Upgrading Puttalam Base Hospital to a National Hospital” was moved by the Hon. Mohamed Navavi.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1743 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Monday 21th November 2016.

[Budget 2017]

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