Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
2026-02-18
## Summary Hon. Bimal Rathnayake made a brief procedural remark asserting that the House was adhering to its scheduled timetable for debate. He attributed responsibility for any issues regarding the use of debate time to the Leader of the Opposition rather than the Speaker, though a portion of his remarks was expunged by order of the Chair.
We have a proper timetable and we are within it. The precious time for debate—
[Expunged on the order of the Chair.]
Responsibility for that lies with the Leader of the Opposition, not with the Speaker.