Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the bicameral national legislature of the country, comprising the elected House of Representatives and the appointed Senate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
advisingAuthorityForGovernmentSenators Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
advisingAuthorityForOppositionSenators Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForSenate President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
broadcastsProceedings yes ⓘ
buildingColor red ⓘ
buildingName The Red House ⓘ
capitalSeat Port of Spain ⓘ
cityOfAssembly Port of Spain ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
country Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
establishedAfter independence of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
establishedInYear 1962 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Senate of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate yes ⓘ
hasPublicGallery yes ⓘ
hasSpeakerInLowerHouse yes ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.ttparliament.org ⓘ
headOfStateParticipation President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
legislativeChamberCount 2 ⓘ
locatedIn Port of Spain ⓘ
Trinidad NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
meetingCity Port of Spain ⓘ
meetingPlace The Red House ⓘ
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 41 ⓘ
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 31 ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
regionServed Caribbean ⓘ
responsibility approving the national budget ⓘ
making laws ⓘ
representing the people of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
scrutinizing the executive ⓘ
selectionMethodUpperHouse appointment ⓘ
sovereignState Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
styleOfLegislature Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouseYears 5 ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentSystem parliamentary democracy ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
usesHansard yes ⓘ
usesParliamentaryProcedure yes ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

President of Trinidad and Tobago → appointedBy → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
President of Trinidad and Tobago → electedBy → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Port of Spain → isSeatOf → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago → legislature → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago → lowerHouse → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago → memberOf → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago → nominator → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
Senate of Trinidad and Tobago → partOf → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago → reportsTo → Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ