The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Endorsement of the certificate on Bills under Article 79 of the Constitution
2 : Receipt of a copy of a petition in respect of the Bill titled “National Audit (Amendment)” filed at the Supreme Court
3 : Regarding the future course of action pertaining to the report presented on 22nd of July 2025, to remove the Inspector-General of Police
Presentation of Papers
(i) Annual Report of the Lady Lochore Loan Fund for the year 2023.
(ii) Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board for the year 2023.
(iii) Annual Performance Report of the Inland Revenue Department for the year 2024.
(iv) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 22 of the Foreign Exchange Act, No. 12 of 2017 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2441/14 of 18th June 2025.
(v) Annual Performance Report of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition of Parliament for the year 2024.
(vi) Annual Report of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka for the year 2022.
(vii) Performance Report of the Land Use Policy Planning Department for the year 2024.
(viii) Performance Report of the Sri Lanka Survey Department for the year 2024.
(ix) Performance Report of the Land Title Settlement Department for the year 2024.
(x) Annual Performance Report of the Land Commissioner General’s Department for the year 2024.
(xi) Performance Report of the Food Commissioner’s Department for the year 2023.
(xii) Performance Report of the Department of the Registrar of Companies for the year 2024.
(xiii) Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Labour for the year 2024.
(xiv) Performance Report of the Ministry of Justice and National Integration for the year 2024.
(xv) Annual Report of the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka for the year 2022.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Nihal Galappaththi, Member of Parliament - Four Petitions
(iii) The Hon. Waruna Liyanage, Member of Parliament - Three Petitions
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Impact on exporters regarding Simplified VAT abolition
The Hon. Deputy Minister of Economic Development replied to the above Question.
(ii) The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Development of Kankesanthurai port
Ministerial Statements
Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe, Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Sajith Premadasa under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 09.07.2025 regarding control price etc. for rice.
Private Members’ Bills
The Hon. Waruna Liyanage was granted leave to introduce the following Bill, entitled
“Kodhagoda Gunarathana Nahimi Foundation (Incorporation)”
Main Business of the House for Today
Companies (Amendment) Bill (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was passed by the House with amendments.
Questions at the Adjournment Time
(i) The Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana, Member of Parliament
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Thursday 24th July 2025.
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