House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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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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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystemContext common law ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
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 ⓘ
supervises Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
typeOfParliament Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Unity Labour Party → legislativeBodyContested → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
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Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → reportsTo → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cabinet of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → subordinateTo → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cabinet of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → collectiveResponsibilityTo → House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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