St Helena Legislative Council

Joined the Commonwealth (via the UK): 19 November 1926

CPA Branch Formed: Subsidiary branch initially then Auxiliary Branch in 1973.

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - Legislative Council (12)

Parliament/Legislature website: Legislative Council of St Helena

Standing Orders: Click here

Committees:

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: Eight - Access and Transport Committee; Civil Society, Tourism and Leisure Committee; Economy and Finance Committee; Education and Employment Committee; Health and Social Welfare Committee; Home and International Committee; Infrastructure and Utilities Committee; and, the Natural Resources, Development and Environment Committee.

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Public Accounts Committee -section 69 of the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Constitution) Order, 2009 refers.

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Hon. Cyril Gunnell, Speaker of the Legislative Council of St Helena - A peep into St Helena’s evolving systems of government 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - Councillor James Glass, Chief Islander of Tristan da Cunha CPA St Helena - Experience of Tristan da Cunha - one of the remotest settlement on earth and the role of legislators during the current pandemic
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Four - Hon. Derek Thomas, MLC, A View from a Small Branch
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Three - News Story - CPA St Helena refurbishment of Parliament Chamber

Recent activities:

• May 2024 - Sustainable development, digital reforms and youth engagement for Parliaments is highlighted at 53rd CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference held in St Helena
• November 2022 - CPA capacity-building programme provides training for St Helena’s elected officials and civil servants