The second day of the debate on the Committee Stage or the Third Reading of the 2026 Appropriation Bill, or the 80th Budget Speech, has commenced today (17) under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the House.
The third reading debate on the budget began on November 15 and is scheduled to be held for 17 days. The third reading vote is scheduled to be held at 6.00 p.m. Meanwhile, the second reading of the 2026 Appropriation Bill was passed with a majority of 118 votes in Parliament on November 14, 2025.
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People- Anura Kumara Dissanayake2
- Mano Ganesan
- Thondaman
Organisations- Parliament of Sri Lanka2
- Ministry of Justice and National Integration
- Department of Communication of Parliament
- Tamil Progressive Alliance
- Ceylon Workers Congress
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Keywords- committee2
- budget2
- debate2
- stage2
- appropriation
- chairmanship
- commences
- allied
- favour
- second
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