The Hon. J. M. Ananda Kumarasiri, the Deputy Speaker and the Chair of Committees took the Chair.


Announcements by the Speaker

‘A’ :  Endorsement of the certificate on Bills under Article 79 of the Constitution
‘B’ :  Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business


Presentation of Papers by the Speaker

The Second Instalment – Part XXV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2015 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka


Presentation of Papers

(i)    Annual Report of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka for the year 2016
(ii)    Annual Reports of the Urban Development Authority for the years 2013 and 2014
(iii)    Annual Report & Accounts of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka for the year 2015
(iv)    Annual Report of the Botanical Gardens Trust Fund for the year 2016

(v)    Annual Performance Report of the Delimitation Commission for the year 2017
(vi)    Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the year 2017
(vii)    Performance Report of the Department of Ayurveda for the year 2016
(viii)    Performance Reports of the Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources for the years 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016
(ix)    Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Higher Education & Highways for the year 2017

(x)    Regulations made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under Section 117(2)(i) read with Sections 11(1)(b), 17(2) and 31 (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the Civil Aviation Act, No. 14 of 2010 relating to Civil Aviation Safety Management Regulations and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2065/38 of 05th April 2018
(xi)    Order made by the Minister of Finance and Mass Media under Section 3(3) of the Ports and Airports Development Levy Act, No. 18 of 2011 relating to Ports and Airports Development Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2065/42 of 06th April 2018
(xii)    Report on the Submission of observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order No. 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the Report presented to Parliament by the Committee on Public Accounts  regarding the performance of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition of Parliament in the year 2016
(xiii)    Orders made by the President under Section 24A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978, read with Article 44 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of Postgraduate Institute of Management and Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 381/5 of 24th December 1985
(xiv)    Order made by the Minister of Education and Higher Education under Section 24B read with Section 24A  of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 as last amended by Universities (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1995 in consultation with the University Grants Commission recognizing of Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute as an institute for Higher Learning in Ayurveda Medicine affiliated to the University of Kelaniya and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 859/12 of 23rd February 1995
(xv)    Order made by the Minister of Education and Higher Education under Section 24A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of the Postgraduate Institute of Science and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 906/1 of 16th January 1996
(xvi)    Order made by the Minister of Education and Higher Education under Section 24A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1050/14 of 22nd October 1998
(xvii)    Order made by the Minister of Education and Higher Education under Section 24A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of the Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1121/18 of 03rd  March 2000
(xviii)    Orders made by the Minister of Tertiary Education and Training under Section 24A(1) of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of The University of Colombo School of Computing and the Order under Section 27(1) of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission, revoking of the Order published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 471/3 of 14th  September 1987 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1250/17 of 21st  August 2002
(xix)    Order made by the Minister of Higher Education under Section 24A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 in consultation with the University Grants Commission with regard to the Establishment of University of Colombo, Institute for Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences affiliated to the University of Colombo and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1570/34 of 10th October 2008
(xx)    Report on the Submission of observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order No. 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the Report presented to Parliament by the Committee on Public Accounts  regarding the performance of the Ministry of Education in the year 2016
(xxi)    Order made by the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade under Section 14(1) of the Sri Lanka Export Development Act, No. 40 of 1979 relating to Cess and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2081/10 of 24th July 2018


Presentation of Petitions

(i)    Hon. Sunil Handunnetti                    
(ii)    Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna                    
(iii)    Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri

(Petitions stands referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

(i)    The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Legal Affairs (anti-corruption) and Media was presented by the Hon. M. A. Sumanthiran, member of the Committee on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, the Hon. Ajith Mannapperuma.

(ii)    The Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Chairman of the Committee, the Hon. M. A. Sumanthiran.


Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament

(i)    The Hon. Douglas Devananda

Violence in Jaffna

(ii)    The Hon. Anura Dissanayaka

Inquiry into killing of Chandradasa Naiduvavadu and Nandana Balage

The Hon. R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, the Minister of Public Administration & Management and Law & Order replied to the above Questions.


The Bill entitled “Institute of Personnel Management, Sri Lanka (Amendment)” which appeared as Item No. 66 of Today’s Order Paper No. 29 was withdrawn by the Hon. Ranjith De Zoysa with the leave of the House.

Motion for Determination under the Constitution which appeared as Item No. 27 of Today’s Order Paper No. 29 was withdrawn by the Leader of the House of Parliament with leave of the House.


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)    Excise (Amendment) Bill
(ii)    Amaradeva Aesthetic and Research Centre Bill - with amendments
(iii)    Three Orders under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act


Motion at the Adjournment Time

Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Japan scholarship to children of Samurdhi beneficiary families” was proposed by the Hon. Nihal Galappaththi.


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1831 Hrs. until 1000 Hrs. on Friday 24th August 2018.

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