Richard Lord

Lat­er in the sit­ting, Hous­ing and the En­vi­ron­ment Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal and Laven­tille East/Mor­vant MP Don­na Cox clashed over re­marks he made about PNM com­plaints of not be­ing giv­en ad­e­quate eats and drinks on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day.Cox rose in protest and House Speak­er Wade Mark lat­er ruled that there be no more talk about the is­sue. Arts and Mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism Min­is­ter Win­ston Pe­ters, in a state­ment in the House, lat­er apol­o­gised for the in­con­ve­niences caused and said it would not re­cur.Gov­ern­ment and Op­po­si­tion MPs thumped their desks in sup­port.