PARLIAMENT

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


Presentation of Reports by the Speaker

• The First, the Second, the Third and the Fourth Reports of the Constitutional Council submitted to the President in terms of Article 41G (1) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka;

• The Progress Report of the Public Services Commission for the period of 01.01.2016 to 30.09.2016 in terms of Articles 41B (6) and 55(5) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; and

• The Performance Report of the Audit Service Commission for the period of 11.12.2015 to 30.09.2016 in terms of Articles 41B (6) and 153H of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka


Presentation of Papers

(i) The Regulation made by the Minister of Finance under Section 5(15) of the Value Added Tax Act, No.14 of 2002, as last amended by the Act, No. 20 of 2016, relating to excluding the cost of any healthcare services from VAT, other than the fees paid to medical practitioners, medical consultation fees, channelling fees and hospital room charges, and published in the Gazette Extraordinary  No. 1991/17 of 01st November 2016

(ii) The Regulations made by the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade under Section 20 read with Subsection 3 of Section 4 and Section 14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 as amended by this Act, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987, published in the Gazette Extraordinary  No. 1992/74 of 11th November 2016


Presentation of Petitions

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

(i) The Hon. Nihal Galappaththi  
(ii) The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake  
(iii) The Hon. Wijepala Hettiarachchi

(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Questions under Standing Order 23(2) of the Parliament

(i) The Hon. Douglas Devananda

Natural disasters in Jaffna peninsula

(ii) The Hon. Anura Dissanayaka

Price hike of rice during the Christmas season


Presentation of Bills

The Hon. Gayantha Karunatileka, Minister of Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip moved the Bill entitled

“Divineguma (Amendment)”

to amend the Divineguma Act, No. 1 of 2013.


Private Members’ Bills

The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardana was granted leave to introduce the following Bill, entitled

“Hand to Stand Foundation (Incorporation)”

The above Bill was referred to the Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare for report to Parliament under Standing Order 47 (5) of the Parliament.


Main Business of the House for Today

Appropriation Bill (2017) - Committee

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


Motion at the Adjournment Time

Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Relief for affected people by Uma Oya development project” was moved by the Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1918 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Friday 9th December 2016.

[Budget 2017]

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