Several meetings for COPE, COPA scheduled for next week

• CEB, UDA among institutions to be examined by COPE next week
• Special discussion on food crisis also scheduled

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has been summoned to appear before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) next week to examine the Auditor General’s report for the years 2018 and 2019 and its current performance.

CEB officials will appear before COPE on 9 June, parliamentary sources said.

The Urban Development Authority (UDA) has been summoned before the COPE on 7 June and University of Moratuwa on 8 June.

Several meetings of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) are also scheduled to be held next week.

The Ministry of Agriculture will be summoned on 7 June, the Department of Import and Export Control on 8 June and the Ministry of Fisheries on 9 June.

A special discussion on the current food crisis is scheduled to be held on 10 June with the officials of Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Commissioner’s Department, Department of Cooperative Development, Cooperative Wholesale Establishment and Consumer Affairs Authority among institutions that will be represented at the meeting.