House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament, composed of elected members responsible for making national laws and representing constituencies.

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Label Occurrences
House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda canonical 12

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
chamberOf Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ ⓘ
country Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
electoralAuthority supervised by Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission ⓘ
electoralBasis single-member constituencies ⓘ
elects some officers of Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
establishedInYear 1981 ⓘ
establishedOnEvent independence of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
governmentTypeContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasBudgetaryControl appropriation of public funds ⓘ
hasFunction controls public finance ⓘ
enacts legislation ⓘ
scrutinizes the executive ⓘ
hasHouseType elected chamber ⓘ
hasLegislativeCycle sessions and sittings ⓘ
hasPower approve national budget ⓘ
introduce money bills ⓘ
pass bills subject to Senate review ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement fixed number of members present ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAccountableTo House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda self-link ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerWith Senate of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeType lower chamber ⓘ
legislatureFor Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
locatedInCapital St. John’s ⓘ
meetsIn St. John’s ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament Building of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
membershipComposition elected representatives ⓘ
numberOfMembers 17 ⓘ
oversightMechanism committees ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
reportsTo electorate of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
represents people of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
role makes national laws ⓘ
represents constituencies ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfParliamentaryBody Westminster-style legislature ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda → establishesBody → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Crown of Antigua and Barbuda → legislatureComponent → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda → memberOf → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda → hasComponent → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda → chamber → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition of Antigua and Barbuda → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
legislature of Antigua and Barbuda → hasComponent → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislature of Antigua and Barbuda
legislature of Antigua and Barbuda → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislature of Antigua and Barbuda
House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda → headOfGovernmentAccountableTo → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda self-link ⓘ
Senate of Antigua and Barbuda → coequalChamber → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
Government of Antigua and Barbuda → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ