Hon. S.M. Marikkar,—To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the number of housing units situated ...
(i) of the number of housing units situated in blocks of flats that were constructed by the Urban Development Authority since the year 2010 up to now within the Colombo District, separately in respect of each multi-storey flat complex and the divisional secretariat division;
(ii) of the number of those housing units for which deeds have been granted so far, among the said housing units;
(iii) whether action will be taken to grant deeds to those housing units for which deeds have not been granted so far; and
(iv) if so, of the date on which it will be done?
(b) If not, why?
Hon. S.M. Marikkar,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)
(i) whether an urban development plan has b...
(i) whether an urban development plan has been formulated for the Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat Division;
(ii) if so, what that plan is; and
(iii) of the timeframe according to which the plan concerned is expected to be implemented?
(i) of the projects that are left without be...
(i) of the projects that are left without being implemented so far, out of the projects planned for flood control within the Kolannawa Divisional Secretariat Division;
(ii) whether plans have been made for implementing them; and
(iii) if so, of the timeframe for implementing the project, how funds are to be found and of the implementing agency, separately in respect of each such project?
Hon. S.M. Marikkar,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Will she inform this House —
(i) whether she...
(i) whether she is aware that no national school is situated within the Colombo North Education Division, out of those education divisions in the Colombo District;
(ii) in such case, whether she will take action to establish a national school within the Colombo North Education Division in the time to come;
(iii) whether a suitable school has been identified for this purpose; and
(iv) if not, whether a suitable school will be selected for it in the time to come?
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Hon. Ajith Gihan,— To ask the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs,—(1)
(a) Will he accept that —
(i) those responsible for the ...
(i) those responsible for the Easter Attack carried out in Sri Lanka in 2019 have not been able to be brought before the law to date; and
(ii) the Catholic Church led by His Eminence the Cardinal and other religious leaders expect that the masterminds and other responsible persons connected to the above attack will be brought before law very soon; and
(b) If so, will he inform the House whether steps will be taken to bring those respondents associated with the above attack before law and ensure justice and fairness for the victims of the above attack?
(c) If not, why?
Hon. Ajith Gihan,— To ask the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources,— (1)
(a) Is he aware that the —
(i) shrimp farming, which is a foreign exchange generat...
(i) shrimp farming, which is a foreign exchange generating industry in Sri Lanka, has been faced with a crisis at present; and
(ii) people in Puttlam District gained a huge economic strength from that industry?
(b) Will he inform this House of the—
(i) reasons for not taking steps to develop that industry; and
(ii) steps that will be taken to develop the industry?
Hon. Ravindra Bandara,— Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,—(2)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) total area of lands bel...
(i) total area of lands belonging to the Land Reforms Commission situated in Haputale Divisional Secretariat Division and Haldummulla Divisional Secretariat Division in hectares;
(ii) extent of the said lands as per their Grama Niladhari Divisions, separately in hectares;
(iii) extent of lands out of the lands concerned have been given to second parties in hectares; and
(iv) name of each of the said second party, the location of the land thus granted to each such party and the basis on which the land has been granted to each person, separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the—
(i) places where lands belonged to the state but, do not belong to the Land Reforms Commission are located in the divisional secretariat divisions named above and the extents of lands located in each such place, separately in hectares;
(ii) extent of agricultural lands that have been identified in the above-named Divisional Secretariat Divisions in hectares; and
(iii) extent that has been cultivated out of the agricultural lands concerned, in hectares?
Hon. Ravindra Bandara,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,—(1)
(a) Will she inform this House—
(i) wh...
(i) whether the proposed educational reforms that had been submitted by the previous government will be implemented;
(ii) whether she will approve the removal of the subjects such as Aesthetics, Information Technology and Accounting proposed by the aforesaid proposals;
(iii) whether there is an intention to introduce any changes to the education system implemented in Sri Lanka;
(iv) as to how the new education proposals will minimize the pressure on students?
(b) Will she also inform this House of the plans that —
(i) have been made to distribute resources equally among every government school;
(ii) have been made to reduce the fierce competition in education; and
(iii) will be made to expand the university education opportunities ?
173/2024
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,—(1)
(a) Will he inform this House separately of the—
(i)&n...
(i) economic growth rate in Sri Lanka for the last 30 years; and
(ii) projection for economic growth over the next 15 years specifying the reliance on agriculture sector, Industry sector and services sector?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) ten key sectors identified by the government for rapid development;
(ii) of the extent to which the government intends concentrating on and harness local investors including the projected value in Sri Lanka Rupees (SLR) and United States Dollars (USD) for the next 10 years; and
(iii) of the extent to which the government intends concentrating on and harness foreign investors including the projected value in Sri Lanka Rupees (SLR) and United States Dollars (USD) for the next 10 years?
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,—To ask the Minister of Labour,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House on yearly basis, of the—
(i) labour force in Sri Lanka for the last 5 years in ...
(i) labour force in Sri Lanka for the last 5 years in government sector and private sector, separately;
(ii) number of government servants both permanent and casual for the last 10 years, separately;
(iii) total financial cost of salaries and emoluments for the government servants for the last 10 years; and
(iv) total amount of pensions paid over the last 10 years?
(b) Will he also inform this House on yearly basis, of the —
(i) prognosis of the labour force in Sri Lanka for the next 10 years in government sector and private sector, separately;
(ii) number of government servants intended to be recruited for the next 5 years, separately;
(iii) projected pensions expenditure for the next 10 years; and
(iv) projected number of pensioners for the next 10 years?
(a) Will he inform this House, separately of the —
(i) government ...
(i) government owned companies, corporations and other commercial establishments functioning in Sri Lanka as at today;
(ii) total profit/loss and return of investment (ROI) earned by them for the last 15 years;
(iii) total cumulative or accumulated profit/loss of the above institutions from the day it started commercial operations till today; and
(iv) value of the capital and loans invested short term basis and long term basis in these institution?
(i) of the date of incorporation o...
(i) of the date of incorporation of the Bank of Ceylon;
(ii) of the names of the present Chairman, Board of Directors and the CEO;
(iii) of the number of branches and employees;
(iv) of the paid-up capital as of today;
(v) whether is it in compliance with “BASEL” requirement of capital adequacy; and
(vi) of the steps taken to address non-compliance, if any?
(b) Will he also inform this House separately of the —
(i) profit for the last 10 years and expected profit for the next 3 years;
(ii) return on investment for the last 10 years as per (i) above;
(iii) administration cost and lending margin rate for the last 5 years;
(iv) administration cost as a percentage of lending rate; and
(v) balance sheet values from 2019 to date?
(c) Will he further inform this House —
(i) whether loans over Rs.1 billion were written off;
(ii) of the names of the entities involved; and
(iii) of the legal procedures adopted for the write-offs?
(d) if not, why?
(i) of the date of incorporation of the P...
(i) of the date of incorporation of the People’s Bank;
(ii) return on investment for the last 10 years as per (i) above ;
(iv) administration cost as a percentage of lending rate; and;
(iii) of the legal procedures adopted for the write offs?
(d) If not, why?
(i) of the date of incorporation of the National Savings Bank;
(b) Will he also inform this House, separately of the —
(iii) of legal procedures adopted for the write offs?
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Minister of Energy ,—(1)
(i) date the Ceylon Electricity Board was incorporated;
(ii) total capital invested by the government in the CEB; and
(iii) total amount of short-term and long-term loans provided to CEB, separately;
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) of the number of permanent and casual employees working at CEB separately;
(ii) of the total monthly cost of salaries, overtime, professional allowances, bonuses, transport costs and any other emoluments paid to staff from January to December 2024 separately;
(iii) whether the CEB pays the PAYE tax for its staff; and
(iv) if not, of the date on which it ceased paying the PAYE tax?
Hon. Ajith P. Perera,—To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration,— (1)
(i) steps that have been taken so far to ful...
(i) steps that have been taken so far to fulfill the promise made through the “A Thriving Nation - A Beautiful Life” policy statement to implement the proposals submitted by the Law Commission of Sri Lanka in 2012 regarding “Safe Medical Termination of Pregnancy”; and
(ii) reasons for the delay in expediting the formulation of new laws regarding this matter?
Hon. Ajith P. Perera,—To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that the developmen...
(i) whether he is aware that the development bank promised to be established for granting loans without collaterals to young entrepreneurs, which is stated in the manifesto “Rich Country, Beautiful Life”, has not been established so far; and
(ii) of the reasons for the delay in delivering on the promise concerned?
(b) If not why?
Hon. Ajith P. Perera,— To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (2)
(i) of the progress of land acquisition pr...
(i) of the progress of land acquisition process for the export processing zone, in which construction work has been commenced by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka in the Milleniya area, Bandaragama in the Kalutara district ;
(ii) of the amount of compensation that has been paid so far for the lands acquired;
(iii) of the amount spent by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to develop the road system, provide pipe-borne water and supply electricity to the above-mentioned export processing zone, separately;
(iv) of the progress of the development of the road system of the zone concerned; and
(v) whether steps will be taken to complete the remaining development work of the aforementioned export development zone considering this as a project of national importance?
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Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,—(1)
(a) Is he aware that —
(i) pigs ar...
(i) pigs are currently dying due to an epidemy spreading among the pigs raised on animal farms in Sri Lanka;
(ii) both small-scale and large-scale animal farms have had to be closed down completely consequent to this situation;
(iii) as no specific vaccine or medicine is available for the said disease, dying of animals in this manner is causing huge losses to the owners of these animal farms; and
(iv) no compensation or relief is being provided to these farm owners for the losses/damages that have been caused to them?
(b) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether steps will be taken to provide some compensation/relief for the animals that die because of the disease mentioned above; and
(ii) if so, of the date on which such compensation/relief will be provided?
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam,—To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i) a government pharmacy (Osu Sala) is not availabl...
(i) a government pharmacy (Osu Sala) is not available within the Manmune South Eruvil Pattu Divisional Secretariat Division in the Batticaloa District;
(ii) the relevant parties, when informed of the above fact, stated that a building with adequate space to establish a government pharmacy is not available; and
(iii) there is nevertheless a building that had been constructed for the very purpose of establishing a government pharmacy at the Kaluvanchikudy Base Hospital?
(b) If so, will he inform this House whether steps will be taken to establish a government pharmacy in the building constructed at the Kaluvanchikudy Base Hospital premises?
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