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href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the Senate of Belize">President of the Senate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Hon. <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Trench_Sandiford" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolyn Trench Sandiford">Carolyn Trench Sandiford</a> <br />since 11 December 2020 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Belize">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Hon. <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Woods" title="Valerie Woods">Valerie Woods</a> <br />since 11 December 2020 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>44 members</b><br />31 representatives<br />13 senators</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belize_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Belize_Senate.svg/260px-Belize_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Belize_Senate.svg/390px-Belize_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Belize_Senate.svg/520px-Belize_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Belize">Senate</a> political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#003F87; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_United_Party" title="People's United Party">PUP</a> (6) <br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CE1126; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)" title="United Democratic Party (Belize)">UDP</a> (3) <br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BBBBBB; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> Other (4)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/250px-Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/375px-Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/500px-Belize_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Belize">House of Representatives</a> political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#003F87; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_United_Party" title="People's United Party">PUP</a> (26 ) <br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CE1126; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)" title="United Democratic Party (Belize)">UDP</a> (5)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Belize">Senate</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Belize" title="Governor-General of Belize">Governor-General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Belize">House of Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belmopan_Parliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/250px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/375px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/500px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3213" data-file-height="2379" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_Building_of_Belize" title="National Assembly Building of Belize">National Assembly Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belmopan" title="Belmopan">Belmopan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz">www<wbr />.nationalassembly<wbr />.gov<wbr />.bz</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=National_Assembly_(Belize)&params=17.2512_N_88.773_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°15′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°46′23″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.2512°N 88.7730°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">17.2512; -88.7730</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p><p>The <b>National Assembly</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> of the nation of <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>. It is divided into the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Belize">House of Representatives</a>, with 31 members, elected by universal suffrage, and the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Belize">Senate</a>, with 13 members, appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor General of Belize">Governor-General</a> in consultation with the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Belize">Prime Minister</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Belize)">Leader of the Opposition</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">presiding officer</a> of the House is the Speaker, while the Senate is presided over by the President. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belmopan_Parliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/220px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/330px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Belmopan_Parliament.jpg/440px-Belmopan_Parliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3213" data-file-height="2379" /></a><figcaption>Belmopan National Assembly Building at Independence Plaza</figcaption></figure> <p>The National Assembly of Belize, known as <a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">British Honduras</a> prior to independence in 1981, was first introduced on 31 December 1963, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a>. </p><p>The National Assembly has the power to debate and create laws based on the Constitution. It typically meets, both House and Senate, once a month, with other meetings called as necessary. </p><p>Since 1970, following the relocation of the capital to Belmopan, the Parliament has sat at <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_Building_of_Belize" title="National Assembly Building of Belize">National Assembly Building, Belmopan</a> in the Cayo District. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The House of Representatives is the Lower House. It consists of 31 members, who are elected by the people in a general election every five years. Each member represents one constituency. Members of the House include both members of the ruling party and members of the opposition who won their seats in general election. The House of Representatives is presided over during their meetings by a speaker. The speaker's main responsibility is to maintain order and control. The House of Representatives passes bills, debates national issues and approves government budget. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate">Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Senate is the Upper House. The Senate discusses and confirms bills that are sent from the House of Representatives. It is made up of 13 members who are all appointed by the Governor General. The President of the Senate presides over meetings. </p> <ul><li>6 senators are appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister</li> <li>3 senators are appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition</li> <li>1 is appointed on the advice of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and the Belize Business Bureau</li> <li>1 is appointed on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches</li> <li>1 is appointed on the advice of the Belize National Trade and Union Congress</li> <li>1 is appointed on the advice of the Non-Government Organizations (NGO)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawmaking_process">Lawmaking process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lawmaking process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The lawmaking process includes the following steps: </p> <ol><li>Cabinet accepts an idea from a minister and discuss it. Legal draftsmen draft the bill.</li> <li>Approval of the bill by Cabinet.</li> <li>The Bill is introduced into the House of Representatives for the 1st Reading.</li> <li>House committee meetings to hear public opinions and possible changes to the bill.</li> <li>The bill is debated in the House of Representatives. ( 2nd Reading)</li> <li>The bill is accepted and voted upon ( 3rd Reading) if it is passed by a majority votes it becomes an act.</li> <li>The act goes through the same three stages/ readings in the Senate before it becomes a law.</li> <li>Once the act passes the Senate, it is sent to the Governor General for his signature. The act becomes a law.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trivia">Trivia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Trivia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The house currently has only one chamber despite bicameral. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Belize)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Belize" title="Politics of Belize">Politics of Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_country" title="List of legislatures by country">List of legislatures by country</a></li> <li><a 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