Leaky roof might have destroyed Hansard for 85-92

Raphael Trotman

Missing transcripts of Hansard chronicling parliamentary sittings for the years 1985-1992 were probably damaged as a consequence of a leaky roof, and in the absence of evidence could not be said to have been deliberately destroyed, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman said on Thursday in a report to the House.

Former Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge some weeks ago tabled a motion to investigate the period of the missing Hansards; it is the same period during which he served as finance minister under the PNC administration.

Greenidge had brought the motion to the National Assembly in response to the