Sri Lanka - Committee Workshop Programme

07 February 2019 - 18 February 2019

Venue: Colombo

Parliament of Sri Lanka

A delegation of UK parliamentarians visited the Sri Lanka parliament from 18-22 February 2019 to talk about committees. The CPA UK and Westminster Foundation for Democracy parliamentary delegation met with the Chairs of Oversight Committees to learn about their progress. The delegation also met with opposition MPs to share the UK experience in holding the government to account.

A report of the visit is available here.

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