Parliament to convene again from April 19

It was decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business held yesterday under Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to convene Parliament from April 19 to 22.

© Getty Sri Lanka's new speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena addresses the parliament in Colombo on August 20, 2020, shortly after he was unanimously elected to the post in the 225-member assembly. - Abeywardena is from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Party which won a landslide two-thirds majority at the August 5 parliamentary election. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Time has been allotted for Question for Oral Answers from 10.00 am to 11.00 am every Sitting day respectively.

Parliament is scheduled to convene on April 19 at 10.00 am and from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm, the Regulations published in the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2259/54 dated 24.12.2021 prepared by the Minister of Health, Regulations published in the Gazette ExtraordinaryNo. 2263/2 dated 18.01.2022 prepared by the Minister of Sports in accordance with the Convention against Doping in Sports Act have been scheduled to be taken up for debate and passed under the Medical Ordinance. April 20 from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm Notification published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2249/50 dated 16.10.20, No. 2260/78 dated 01.01.2022 and No. 2260/79 dated 01.01.2022 issued by the Minister of Finance is scheduled to be taken up for debate and passed under the Excise Ordinance.

Furthermore, Resolution made by the Minister of Finance in the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2262/14 dated 11.11.2022 has also been decided to be taken up for debate and passed under the Customs Ordinance.

April 21from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm it has been scheduled to take to debate for the purpose of passing the Four Orders under the Special Commodity Levy Act in accordance with the Order prepared by the Minister of Finance published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2255/8 dated 2021.11.23, 2259/9 dated 2021.12. 2, 2260/72 dated 2021.12.31 and 2262/15 dated 2022.01.11.

April 22 from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm it has been scheduled to take to debate for the purpose of passing three Regulations under the Motor Traffic Act (Chapter 203) prepared by the Minister of Transport published under the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2245/63 and 2240/37.