PARLIAMENT

Hon. (Mrs.) Oshani Umanga,— To ask the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development,— (1)

(a) Will he state —

(i) whether new industrial zones have been planned to be started in Sri Lanka;

(ii) if so, what those plans are;

(iii) whether he is aware that it takes a long time for the investors to obtain approval from various institutions when industries are established in industrial zones on a lease basis;

(iv) if so, of the measures that will be taken to prevent unnecessary delays in the process of preparing those lease agreements;

(v) whether there is a possibility to establish a convenient process by linking all the relevant institutions;

(vi) if so, of the time frame required to prepare that process?

(b) If not, why?