Parliament of Jamaica

Joined the Commonwealth: 6 August 1962

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1933

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - House of Representatives (63), Senate (21)

Parliament/Legislature website: Houses of Parliament

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: Currently 7.

Number of Joint Committees (if bicameral): 9

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Standing Orders; House; Privileges; Ethics N.B. (These committees exist in both the Senate and the House of Representatives)

Standing Orders: House of Representatives, Senate

Constitution: click here

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One - 'The importance of working towards a gender-sensitive Parliament: The Jamaican experience' by Ms. Tamika Yolande Davis MP
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - 'Sport as a vehicle of sustainable development: Jamaica's sports successes' Hon. Olivia Grange CD, MP, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - 'The UN's current work on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' Floyd Morris, Former President of the Senate of Jamaica and representative for Jamaica on the UN Committee on the CRPD
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - Virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament: a youth perspective from Jamaica - David Salmon
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Four - Senator Floyd Morris, Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities in the Anglophone Caribbean
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Two - 9th Commonwealth Youth Parliament: a youth perspective from Jamaica
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Two - Hon. Alando Terrelonge MP, Members report of OECD Parliamentary Forum (30-31 March, 2017) - funded participation by CPA
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Four - Senator Floyd E. Morris, Towards Establishing a Model Political Communication Strategy for Persons with Disabilities in Jamaica
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Three - Miss Tracy Cohen, Parliamentary Liaison Officer and Miss Chesanne Brandon, Committee Clerk, Brexit and Commonwealth Trade and its impact in the Caribbean Region - Brexit: A Fillip for Commonwealth Trade and Development?
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Three - Hon. Phillip Paulwell, MP, Advances in Political Party Financing in Jamaica
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Two - Minister Sharon Folkes-Abrahams, Childrens' Rights: Ending Child Abuse in Jamaica

Recent activities:

• Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) from the CPA Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic (CAA) Region joined with women leaders at a Regional Conference on Women’s Political and Parliamentary Leadership hosted by the Parliament of Jamaica and CPA Jamaica Branch in New Kingston on Wednesday 12 July 2023. Click here for news report.