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Business of the House for September 20, 2016 Business of the House - Business of the House for September 20, 2016 Business of the House for September 20, 2016 Date : 20-09-2016 The Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, the Speaker took the Chair. Announcements by the Speaker ‘A’ : Receipt of a copy of the petition filed at the Supreme Court Presentation of Papers by the Speaker The Second Instalment – Part I of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2015 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Parliament granted approval to print the Reports. Presentation of Papers Annual Reports of the; (i) Public Service Commission for the year 2015 (ii) State Timber Corporation for the year 2014 (iii) National Gem and Jewellery Authority for the year 2013 and 2014 (iv) Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission for the year 2014 (v) Annual Performance and Accounts Report of the District Secretariat of Matale for the year 2015 (vi) Regulations made by the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy under Section 67 of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Act, No. 35 of 2007, read with paragraphs (d) and (e) of Sub-section (2) of Section 36 of the said Act and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1971/13 of June 15th, 2016 Presentation of Reports from the Committees Presentation of the Reports of the; (i) Sectoral Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Lands (ii) Committee on Public Finance Presentation of Petitions Public Petitions were presented by the following Hon. MPP:- Business of the House - Business of the House for September 20, 2016 (i) The Hon. S. B. Nawinne (ii) The Hon. T. B. Ekanayake (iii) The Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene (iv) The Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe - Two Petitions (v) The Hon. Susantha Punchinilame - Three Petitions (vi) The Hon. Indika Bandaranayake - Two Petitions (vii) The Hon. Sunil Handunnetti (viii) The Hon. T. Ranjith De Zoysa (ix) The Hon. (Mrs.) Shanthi Sriskandarasa (Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions) Questions under Standing Order 23(2) of the Parliament (i) The Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena Committing suicide by N. Ramachandran at Pussellawa police custody (ii) The Hon. Douglas Devananda To make aware Parliament before agreements of various nature are entered into with foreign countries Ministerial Statements (i) Minister of Public Enterprise Development, the Hon. Kabir Hashim replied to the Question raised by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena regarding the Tender issues in regard to the digitalization of the People’s Bank (ii) Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare, the Hon. S. B. Dissanayake replied to the Question raised by Hon. Douglas Devananda regarding the relief and facilities to be provided by the Ministry of Social Empowerment and Welfare for disabled persons in the North and East (iii) Minister of Education, the Hon. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam made a Ministerial Statement on providing admission to popular schools for the children of the doctors on transfers Presentation of Bills The Hon. Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Higher Education and Highways and the Leader of the House of Parliament moved the Bill entitled “Engineering Council, Sri Lanka” to provide for the establishment of the Engineering Council, Sri Lanka which shall be responsible for the maintenance of professional standards and conduct of engineering practitioners; registration of Business of the House - Business of the House for September 20, 2016 different categories of engineering practitioners; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Main Business of the House for Today The following Items (appearing as Item Nos. 1 and 3 of today’s Order Paper) were passed by the House:- (i) Supplementary Sum—Head 147— Programme 1 (Rs. 592,925,000 the Ministry of Regional Development) (ii) Order Under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act Motion at the Adjournment Time Motion at the Adjournment Time on the “current trade union activities of the labour department” was moved by the Hon. Vijitha Herath. The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1923 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Wednesday 21st September 2016. * This is an unedited version. For the official record of this day's proceedings, please refer the Hansard..
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