World Environment Day 2024: Does the Parliament Spend Enough Time Discussing the Environment

Abstract

This infographic shows the ranking of the topic out of the 15 topics monitored (8/15), the percentage of total time spent on the topic (4.7%), the number of MPs who contributed to the topic (186), and the top 5 contributing MPs along with the productive time they spent on the topic: C.B. Rathnayake (4.1%), Mahinda Amaraweera (3.4%), S.M. Chandrasena (3.2%), Charles Nirmalanathan (2.6%), and Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi (2.2%). It also provides the number of times the Ministerial Consultative Committee (MCC) on Environment met (7 times in 41 months). Additionally, a breakdown is showcased of the transitions of Environment Ministers during the 9th Parliament.