Yes­ter­day's spe­cial sit­ing of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives was sus­pend­ed for 24 min­utes dur­ing the pre-tea ses­sion be­cause smoke was seen com­ing from a light bulb in the cham­ber.It was bought to the at­ten­tion of the Speak­er by Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley who was con­tribut­ing to yes­ter­day's de­bate on a mo­tion to ap­prove the first re­port of the Com­mit­tee of Priv­i­leges.The mo­tion, pre­sent­ed by the Leader of Gov­ern­ment Busi­ness, Hous­ing and the En­vi­ron­ment Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal called for the adop­tion of the re­port.It was lat­er amend­ed by Tourism Min­is­ter Dr Ru­pert Grif­fith for for­mer Prime Min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning to be sus­pend­ed from the ser­vice of the House.But short­ly af­ter 3 pm the smoke was seen and an odour filled the cham­ber. Mark sus­pend­ed the sit­ting while most MPs and mem­bers of the pub­lic gallery left the cham­ber. Staff at the Red House lat­er checked the bulb and it was de­ter­mined that the smoke was caused by an in­sect which came in con­tact with the bulb. The sit­ting re­sumed at about 3.40 pm.