The Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, the Speaker took the Chair.


Announcements by the Speaker

A : Endorsement of the certificate on Bills under Article 79 of the Constitution
B : Appointment of Leader of the House of Parliament and the Chief Government Whip


Presentation of Papers

(i)    Annual Report of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka for the year 2017
(ii)    Annual Report of the Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd for the year 2019
(iii)    Annual Report of the Ceylon Electricity Board for the year 2020
(iv)    Annual Report and Accounts of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment for the year 2017
(v)    Annual Report of the National Institute of Language Education and Training for the year 2017

(vi) Order made by the Minister of Finance under Sections 2 and 5 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, relating to Special Commodity Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2255/8 of 23rd November 2021
(vii)    Order made by the Acting Minister of Finance under Sections 2(3) and 5 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, relating to Special Commodity Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2259/9 of 21st December 2021
(viii)    Order made by the Acting Minister of Finance 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. 2260/72 of 31st December 2021
(ix)    Order made by the Minister of Finance 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. 2262/15 of 11st January 2022
(x)    Resolution under Section 10 of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) relating to Import Duties
(Gazette Extraordinary No. 2262/14 of 11th January 2022)
(xi)    Report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of 2021 under Article IV of  the IMF’s Articles of Agreement


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

(i)    The Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health was presented by the Hon. Leader of the House of Parliament.
(ii)    The Report of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Youth & Sports was presented by the Hon. Leader of the House of Parliament.


Presentation of Petitions

(i)    The Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara                    
(ii)    The Hon. Vijitha Herath                  -    Two Petitions
(iii)    The Hon. Nalin Fernando                   
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1414 Hrs. until 1000 Hrs. on Wednesday 6th April 2022.

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