Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House —

(i) of the total number of shops in “Polonnaruwa City Center”;

(ii) of the number of shops out of them that have been leased out by now;

(iii) of the decisions taken at the discussion held in 2019 headed by the Governor regarding the leasing out of the “Polonnaruwa City Center” building and the distribution of the shops therein;

(iv) whether the said decisions are being implemented at present; and

(v) if the Polonnaruwa Municipal Council has incurred a loss due to lease of the said shops, whether that loss will be recovered from the responsible parties?

(b) If not, why?