Chamber of the House of Representatives

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The Chamber of the House of Representatives is the main legislative meeting hall where Jamaica’s elected parliamentary members convene to debate and pass laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of the House of Representatives canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
parliamentary debating chamber ⓘ
accessControlledBy parliamentary security ⓘ
associatedWithCity Kingston ⓘ
associatedWithConstitution Constitution of Jamaica ⓘ
belongsToLegislativeSystem bicameral parliament ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
function legislative debate ⓘ
passing laws ⓘ
representation of constituencies ⓘ
scrutiny of government ⓘ
governingBody House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
hasAudioSystem microphones and sound system for debates ⓘ
hasCentralTable table for clerks and official documents ⓘ
hasClerks Clerk to the Houses of Parliament and staff ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerSeatFor Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
hasPressGallery yes ⓘ
hasPublicGalleries yes ⓘ
hasRecording official parliamentary records (Hansard) ⓘ
hasRulesOfProcedure Standing Orders of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
hasSeatingArrangement government and opposition benches facing each other ⓘ
hasSeatingFor elected members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasTypeOfLegislature lower house chamber ⓘ
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
locatedIn Gordon House ⓘ
Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
meetingPlaceOf House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
oppositeChamber Chamber of the Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Jamaica
partOf House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
primaryLanguageUsed English ⓘ
symbolizes democratic governance in Jamaica ⓘ
usedBy Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
usedFor budget debates ⓘ
committee reports ⓘ
motions and resolutions ⓘ
parliamentary sittings ⓘ
question time ⓘ
votes on bills ⓘ
usedForCeremonies addresses by the Governor-General ⓘ
addresses by visiting heads of state ⓘ
state openings of Parliament ⓘ
usedSince 1960s ⓘ
votingSystemUsed division vote ⓘ
voice vote ⓘ

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

Gordon House → hasPart → Chamber of the House of Representatives ⓘ