The Hon. Hemal Gunasekera was granted leave to introduce the Bill, entitled "Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (Incorporation)".


Main Business of the House for Today

Appropriation Bill (2010) – Committee Stage

Today is the Ninth Allotted Day of the Appropriation Bill (2010) – “Committee Stage Debate”.

The Appropriation Bill (Budget) 2010 was passed with amendments by the House today, with a majority of 68 votes.

For more details, visit the 'Budget 2010' section.


The following items (appearing as Item Nos. 2 to 18 of today’s Order Paper) were also passed by the House:-

• Order under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, (No.1)
• Order under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, (No.2)
• Order under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, (No.3)
• Order under the Excise Ordinance (No.1)
• Order under the Excise Ordinance (No.2)
• Order under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act
• Order under the Customs Ordinance
• Order under the Customs (Amendments) Act
• Order under the Special Commodity Levy Act
• Order under the Revenue Protection Act
• Regulations under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No.1)
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No. 2)
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No. 3)
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No. 4)
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No.5)
• Resolution under the Appropriation Act (No. 6)

The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1810 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Tuesday 20th July 2010.

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