Srilanka, April 21 -- Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has requested the Auditor General's Department to conduct an audit of the expenses incurred by Parliament over the past ten years.

This decision has also been taken with the agreement of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee, which meets under the chairmanship of the Speaker.

Accordingly, this audit is being conducted in addition to the annual audit of Parliament's expenditures by the Auditor General's Department. The audit has now commenced and the relevant report will be submitted to the Speaker.

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