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The Senate of Barbados is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. The Senate is accorded legitimacy by Chapter V of the Constitution of Barbados. [1] It is the smaller of the two chambers. The Senate was established in 1964 to replace a prior body known as the Legislative Council.
The Parliament of Barbados is the national legislature of Barbados.It is accorded legislative supremacy by Chapter V of the Constitution of Barbados. [1] The Parliament is bicameral in composition [2] and is formally made up of two houses, an appointed Senate (Upper house) and an elected House of Assembly (Lower house), as well as the President of Barbados who is indirectly elected by both.
According to the Constitution of Barbados, twelve (12) Senators shall be appointed by the President, on the advice of the Prime Minister. [2] On January 24, 2022, days after the 2022 election , Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced her intention to nominate the following persons to sit as Government Senators: [ 3 ]
The government has been chosen by elections since 1961 elections, when Barbados achieved full self-governance.Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely (such as the Executive Council), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.
The president of the Senate of Barbados is the presiding officer of Senate of Barbados. This position was preceded by the president of the Legislative Council of Barbados. The President of the Senate is to perform presidential duties in the absence of the President. Below is a list of office-holders:
Barbados' Parliament consists of the President and a bicameral legislature: an elected House of Assembly and an appointed Senate. In practice, legislative power rests with the party that has the majority of seats in the House of Assembly, which is elected for a period not to exceed five years.
The Parliament Buildings (also known as The Public Buildings, or more rarely Parliament House), is the seat of the Parliament of Barbados.Built between 1870 and 1874, the buildings have been the meeting place for both chambers of Parliament since 16 June 1874, and a former site of Colonial administration of Barbados.
On 28 September 2021, the House of Assembly of Barbados passed the bill (25–0). [33] On 6 October 2021, the Senate of Barbados passed the bill. [31] It received royal assent on the following day. [34]