The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Badge to all Members of Parliament in commemoration of the “Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October"
Presentation of Papers by the Speaker
Second Installment – Parts XVI and XVII, Third Installment – Part XIV and Ninth Installment – Part VIII of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2024 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 Welfare Benefits Board for the year 2022
(ii) Annual Report of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University for the year 2023
(iii) Annual Report of the University of Colombo Institute for Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences for the year 2023
(iv) Annual Report of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture of the University of Peradeniya for the year 2024
(v) Performance Reports of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption for the Fourth Quarter of the year 2024 and the First and Second Quarters of the year 2025
(vi) Rules made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 32 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52) regarding the time period for payment of duty on the production of liquor and levying of fee on 05th September 2025
(vii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, relating to Special Commodity Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2451/10 of 25th August 2025
(viii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development upon the recommendations of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission and the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers under Section 53 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, No. 11 of 2021 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2445/02 of 14th July 2025
(ix) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development upon the recommendations of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission and the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers under Section 53 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, No. 11 of 2021 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2445/03 of 14th July 2025
(x) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development upon the recommendations of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission and the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers under Section 53 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, No. 11 of 2021 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2445/04 of 14th July 2025
(xi) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development upon the recommendations of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission and the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers under Section 53 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, No. 11 of 2021 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2445/05 of 14th July 2025
(xii) Annual Performance Report of the Department of Labour for the year 2024
(xiii) Report on the submission of observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Department of Probation and Child Care Services in the report of the Committee on Public Accounts which was presented to Parliament
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) The Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health and Mass Media was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
(ii) The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Media and Women's Empowerment was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
(iii) The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. (Dr.) Rizvie Salih, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Nalin Hewage, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(iii) The Hon. (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Dilith Jayaweera, Member of Parliament
(v) The Hon. Aruna Panagoda, Member of Parliament
(vi) The Hon. Stepni Fernando, Member of Parliament
(vii) The Hon. Dewananda Suraweera, Member of Parliament
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Current issues of the health sector
The Hon. Minister of Health and Mass Media replied to the above Question.
(ii) The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
Upgrading services of department of pensions
The Hon. Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government replied to the above Question.
Ministerial Statements
(i) Hon. Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Sajith Premadasa under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 12.09.2025 regarding issues on Teacher recruitment and difficulties faced by medical students and other educational sector issues.
(ii) Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 11.09.2025 regarding issues pertaining to price of paddy and rice.
(iii) Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs replied to the Question raised by the Hon. K. Kader Masthan under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 20.08.2025 regarding detained a contain of Tamil translation of the Holy Quran by Sri Lank Customs.
Presentation of Bills
The Hon. Chief Government Whip moved the Bill entitled
“Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment)”
to amend the Betting and Gaming Levy Act, No. 40 of 1988.
Main Business of the House for Today
The following Items (appearing as Item Nos. 1 and 2 of today’s Order Paper) were approved by the House: -
(i) Regulations under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act
(ii) Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill – with amendments
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Establishment of an office in Sri Lanka for Climate Vulnerable Forum” was proposed by the Hon. Hector Appuhamy, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1753 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 22nd October 2025.
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