PARLIAMENT

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


Announcements by the Speaker

A : Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill entitled “Regulation of Election Expenditure”
B : Receipt of copies of petitions filed at the Supreme Court   
C : Member to serve in the Committee on Public Finance


Presentation of Papers by the Speaker

•    Fourth Installment – Part XXVII of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2019;
•    Fourth Installment – Parts XXII, XXIII and XXIV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2020; and
•    First Installment – Parts XXIV, XXV, XXVI and XXVII, Fourth Installment – Parts XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX, Fifth Installment – Parts I, II, III and IV and Sixth Installment – Parts XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV and XXV of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2021

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 National Council for Elders for the year 2020
(ii)    Annual Performance Report of the Department of Social Services for the year 2021
(iii)    Annual Performance Reports of the Department of Meteorology for the years 2020 and 2021
(iv)    Annual Report of the National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (NCAS) for the year 2020
(v)    Annual Report & Accounts of the Wayamba of University of Sri Lanka for the year 2020
(vi)    Annual Report & Accounts of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka for the year 2020
(vii)    Annual Report of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka for the year 2020
(viii)    Annual Report and Accounts of the University of Jaffna for the year 2020
(ix)    Annual Report of the Urban Settlement Development Authority for the year 2021
(x)    Annual Report of the CeyNor Foundation Limited for the year 2018
(xi)    Annual Reports of the Sri Lanka Thriposha Ltd for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020
(xii)    Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation for the year 2020
(xiii)    Annual Report & Statement of Accounts of the Rehabilitation Authority for the year 2018
(xiv)    Annual Reports & Statements of Accounts of the Office for Reparations for the years 2019 and 2020
(xv)    Annual Reports of the Office on Missing Persons for the years 2020 and 2021
(xvi)    Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Labour for the year 2021
(xvii)    Annual Performance Report of the Department of Manpower and Employment for the year 2021
(xviii)    Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment for the year 2019
(xix)    Annual Report of the Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation Ltd for the year 2020/2021
(xx)    Annual Report of the National Sports Fund for the year 2020

(xxi) Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 20 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 amended by Acts, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987 read with Sections 4(1), 6 and 14 of the aforesaid Act and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2309/40 of 09th December 2022
(xxii)    Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 20 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 amended by Acts, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987 read with Sections 4(1) and 14 of the aforesaid Act and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2311/08 of 19th December 2022
(xxiii)    Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 20 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 amended by Acts, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987 read with Sections 4(1) and 14 of the aforesaid Act and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2311/18 of 21st December 2022
(xxiv)    Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 19A of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235), as amended by the Customs (Amendment) Law No. 35 of 1974 and the Customs (Amendment) Act, No. 83 of 1988, relating to Customs Import Duty and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2309/20 of 08th December 2022


Presentation of Reports from the Committees

(i)    Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva, the Chair of the Committee.
(ii)    First Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises for the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament was presented by the Hon. (Prof.) Ranjith Bandara, the Chair of the Committee.


Presentation of Petitions

The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva                    
(Petition stands referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)


Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament

The Hon. Sajith Premadasa

Issues regarding Homeopathy medical council

The Hon. State Minister of Indigenous Medicine replied to the above Question.


Main Business of the House for Today

The following Items (appearing as Item Nos. 1 to 3 of today’s Order Paper) were approved by the House and (Item Nos. 4 and 5) referred to the Legislative Standing Committee:-
(i)    Two Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act
(ii)    Regulations under the Foreign Exchange Act
(iii)    Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill (No. 126)
(iv)    Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill (No. 160)


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1640 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 18th January 2023.

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