Parliament Summary - May 2023

Abstract

This infographic includes the summary of parliament in May 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in May 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 78 written questions were asked but only 23 questions were answered. There were 2 motions at the adjournment time. Charles Nirmalanathan was the most contributed MP for the motions at the adjournment time. 20 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 8 parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders were 5, 5 and 11 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there was 1 Incorporation Bill whereas no Bill for the Public interest. There were 4 questions by the Private notice at the parliament in May 2023. 42 Point of orders were raised in total, and 38 point of orders were ruled as technical point of orders. Only 4 were ruled as disruptive point of orders in the parliament during this month. 25 statements were considered as expunged statements at the parliament. Sajith Premadasa was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the parliament in May 2023.