INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Parliament will meet from January 17 to January 20, as decided by the Committee on Parliamentary Business.The committee, chaired by
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, met today (Jan
The time period from 9.30 a.m
has been allotted for questions for oral answers.The regulations published in the Extraordinary Gazette No
2307/12 and 2308/26 under the Import and Export (Control) Act and Regulations in the Gazette No
2308/51 under the Foreign Exchange Act are to be approved following the debate on January 17 (Tuesday) from 10.30 a.m
to 5.00 p.m.Subsequently, the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill (No
126) presented by MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar and the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill (No
160) presented by the MP Premnath C
to 5.30 p.m., the debate at the adjournment time is scheduled to be held according to the motion moved by the opposition.It has also been
decided to hold the debate on the second reading of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill on Wednesday (Jan
A total of 22 motions regarding the Annual Reports of various statutory institutions which were approved by the Ministerial Consultative
Committees of Parliament are also scheduled to be submitted for approval.Subsequently, time has been allotted for the questions at the
adjournment time from 5.00 p.m
to 5.30 p.m.Meanwhile, it was decided to hold a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business on January 18 at 1.00 p.m
and if the committee decides, the second reading debate of the Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill is to be taken on January 19 from
to 5.00 p.m.Thereafter, from 5.00 p.m
to 5.30 p.m., the debate at the adjournment time is scheduled to be held according to the motion moved by the government.On Friday (Jan
to 5.30 p.m., the time has been set aside for the Vote of Condolence on the late parliamentarians
Accordingly, the condolence will be expressed for the late MPs Upali Marvyn Senarath Dasanayake, Dr
Neville Arthur Fernando, Gunaratne Weerakoon and Raja Collure.
