House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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parliament unicameral legislature

The House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in the Caribbean island state.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
surface form: monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
continent North America ⓘ
country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralSystemForElectedMembers single-member constituencies ⓘ
established 1979 ⓘ
establishedBy independence constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
function approves the national budget ⓘ
debates public policy ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
scrutinizes executive actions ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasChamber Speaker ⓘ
appointed senators ⓘ
elected members ⓘ
hasCommittee parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasPower amend legislation ⓘ
enact legislation ⓘ
repeal legislation ⓘ
headOfStateRoleInLegislation Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
includes Leader of the Opposition of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
jurisdiction Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystemContext common law ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Kingstown ⓘ
island of Saint Vincent ⓘ
surface form: Saint Vincent island
meetsIn Parliament Building, Kingstown ⓘ
meetsInSession sittings of the House ⓘ
meetsUnder standing orders of the House of Assembly ⓘ
numberOfMembers 23 ⓘ
partOf political system of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of Saint Vincent ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Assembly ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
relatedInstitution Cabinet of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
surface form: Judiciary of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
role makes national laws ⓘ
oversees the government ⓘ
sovereignState Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
typeOfParliament Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → associatedWithOrganization → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → legislature → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ