SL Budget debate to end on Dec 19

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The debate for Sri Lanka’s 2016 budget has been reduced to 24 days from the earlier schedule of 26 days, the Ministry of Finance said. The schedule is as follows:

November 20 - Budget Speech
November 21 - Second Reading/debate (12 days)
December 7 - Committee Stage Debate (12 days)
December 19 - Third Reading (end). This was earlier proposed to happen on December 22. - ENDS -