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Oct 21 to 24 parliament sitting schedule
Secretary General of Parliament, Kushani Rohanadheera has announced that Parliament is scheduled to convene from Oct 21 to 24, 2025 as per a decision made at the Committee on Parliamentary Business meeting held on October 10 under the chairmanship of Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne.
Accordingly, on each sitting day, the 9.30 am– 10 am time slot has been allocated for matters listed under Standing Order 22 (1–6). From 10 am to 11 am, time will be allocated for questions requiring oral answers, followed by 11 am to 11.30 am, which is reserved for questions under Standing Order 27(2).
On Tuesday (Oct 21), from 11.30 am to 5 pm, Parliament will debate the regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2446/34 issued under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act.
Thereafter, around 5 pm, the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, which has already been debated at the Second Reading stage, will be taken up for Third Reading following the Committee Stage.
From 5 to 5.30 pm, time has been allocated for the adjournment debate moved by the Opposition.
On Wednesday (Oct 22), from 11.30 am to 4.30 pm, Parliament will debate the regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2451/10 under the Special Commodity Levy Act, and the regulations under the Excise Ordinance (Authority No. 52). From 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm, an adjournment debate moved by the Government will be held.
On Thursday (Oct 23), from 11.30 am to 5.30 pm, an adjournment debate moved by the Government will be held on the National Programme to Eradicate Narcotic Drugs and Organised Crime and Strengthen the Legal Framework.
On Friday (Oct 24), from 11.30 am to 5 pm, time has been allocated for the presentation of Condolence Motions in memory of the late former MPs Lohan Ratwatte, Heenmahatmaya Liyanage, Dixon J. Perera, Dr Mervyn D. de Silva, Y.G. Padmasiri, R.M.R. Chula Bandara, and Manickavasagar Kanagasabapathy Eleventhan.
From 5 pm to 5.30 pm, the Opposition’s adjournment debate will take place.
The Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development has recommended the establishment of Sri Lankan Standards, i.e. the import testing methodology for imported tires used for passenger cars and pneumatic tires for three-wheelers with the aim of ensuring a fair competitive environment for local
manufactures and ensuring consumer safety and security.
Taking into the said recommendations, “Import and Export (control regulations N0.08 of the 2026)” has been enacted to amend the existing regulations by means of the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2508/27 dated 2026-10-01, prescribing Sri Lanka standard 1212 for the import of passenger types (HS Code 4011.10.90) and Sri Lanka standard 1347 for the import of
pneumatic tires for three – wheeled vehicles (HS Code 4011.90.10).
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development to submit the aforementioned regulations to Parliament for approval.
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 02.06.2025 to introduce a new act to promote and providing legal provisions for facilitating the Public Private Joint Enterprises within Sri Lanka as well as the establishment of the National Agency for Public Private Partnership Joint Enterprises.
Accordingly, the Legal Draftsman has formulated the relevant draft bill and the Attorney General has given his clearance to the said draft bill.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to publish the said
draft bill in the government gazette notification and thereby submit it to the Parliament for its concurrence.
Regulation, development and control of indigenous medical sector in Sri Lanka comprised of Ayurvedha, Sidhdha, Unani, Local Therapies are carried out under the provisions of Ayurvedha Act No. 31 of 1961.
Although amendments were made to the act from time to time as per the requirements, the necessity of further amending the Ayurvedha Act has been identified to enable efficiently maintaining all activities of local medical field productively, further formalizing the regulation of the sector, taking actions to providing licenses applicable to export of local medicines, and achieving the progress and sustainable development goals in the local medical sector.
Based on the said factors, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to direct the Legal Draftsman to formulate a draft bill to amend the Ayurvedha Act No. 31 of 1961.
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