A Joint Select Committee is a group of Members of both Houses asked to examine a Bill in detail, hear from the public, and report back before Parliament decides. Each entry opens the Committee’s Report and the Minutes that record what was done with it.
2026
Immigration Bill, 2026 and Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2026
Joint Select Committee (Standing) on the Economic and Productive Sectors
- Bills referred
- Immigration Bill, 2026 · Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2026
- Referred to the Committee
- House of Assembly 29 April 2026 Minutes, p. 2
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 11 August 2026 Minutes, p. 3
- What became of the Bills
- The two Bills are still before the House of Assembly; a Resolution to adopt the Report was listed on the House Order Paper of 29 September 2026. Immigration Bill › · Barbados Citizenship Bill ›
- Note
- The same two Bills had been referred to this Committee in the previous Parliament (December 2025) and lapsed when Parliament was dissolved; they were re-introduced on 29 April 2026. The 2025 press release below belongs to that first referral.
2024
Health Services (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the proposed Health Services (Nuisances) Regulations, 2024
Joint Select Committee (Standing) on the Social Sector and the Environment
The Report is not yet available from Parliament’s website.
- Bills referred
- Health Services (Amendment) Bill, 2024
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 7 January 2025 Minutes, p. 2
- Report adopted
- House of Assembly 28 January 2025 Minutes, p. 2
- What became of the Bill
- The Bill was passed as the Health Services (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 2025-9) ›, in force 12 May 2025.
- Note
- The Report itself is listed on Parliament’s website but its file is not available there; the link will be added when Parliament publishes it.
Working papers · 1 document
2024
Cybercrime Bill, 2024 and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Bill, 2024
Joint Select Committee (Standing) on Governance and Policy Matters
- Bills referred
- Cybercrime Bill, 2024 · Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Bill, 2024
- Referred to the Committee
- House of Assembly 16 February 2024 Minutes, p. 3
- Senate 14 February 2024 Minutes, p. 3
- Report published
- 22 August 2024 — on Parliament’s website
- What became of the Bills
- Neither Bill was passed before Parliament was dissolved in January 2026, and neither has been re-introduced (as at 24 October 2026). The Resolution that referred them is on the Bills & Resolutions page ›.
2023
Child Protection Bill, 2023 and Child Justice Bill, 2023
Joint Select Committee (Standing) on the Social Sector and the Environment
Child Protection Bill, 2023 — as amendedChild Justice Bill, 2023 — as amendedChild Protection Bill, 2023 — as referredChild Justice Bill, 2023 — as referred
- Bills referred
- Child Protection Bill, 2023 · Child Justice Bill, 2023
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 14 May 2024 Minutes, p. 2
- What became of the Bills
- Both Bills were passed, as amended by the Committee: the Child Protection Act, 2024 (Act 2024-17) ›, in force 2 January 2026, and the Child Justice Act, 2024 (Act 2024-18) ›, passed but not yet in force.
2021
National Vending Bill, 2021
Joint Select Committee on the National Vending Bill, 2021
- Bills referred
- National Vending Bill, 2021
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 23 November 2021 Minutes, p. 12
- Report adopted
- House of Assembly 3 December 2021 Minutes, p. 3
- What became of the Bill
- The Bill was passed as the National Vending Act, 2021 (Act 2021-26) ›, passed but not yet in force.
2019
Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill, 2019
Joint Select Committee on the Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill, 2019
- Bills referred
- Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill, 2019
- Referred to the Committee
- House of Assembly 30 August 2019 Minutes, p. 3
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 22 October 2019 Minutes, p. 3
- Report adopted
- House of Assembly 5 November 2019 Minutes, p. 2
- What became of the Bill
- The Bill was passed as the Medicinal Cannabis Industry Act, 2019 (Act 2019-44) ›, in force 30 September 2020.
What the public told the Committee · 10 documents
- Submission from the Pharmacy Council
- Submission from the African Heritage Foundation
- Submission from Dr Harley Moseley
- Submission from the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies
- Submission from the Barbados Bankers Association Inc.
- Submission from Dr Damian Cohall, Deputy Dean (Preclinical Sciences), UWI
- Submission from the People’s Party for Democracy and Development
- Submission from the National Council on Substance Abuse
- Submission from the Barbados Council for the Disabled
- Submission from the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners
2019
Data Protection Bill, 2019
Joint Select Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019
- Bills referred
- Data Protection Bill, 2019
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 30 July 2019 Minutes, p. 2
- Senate 17 July 2019 Minutes, p. 2
- What became of the Bill
- The Bill was passed as the Data Protection Act, 2019 (Act 2019-29) ›, in force 31 March 2021 (with exceptions).
2018
Integrity in Public Life Bill, 2018
Joint Select Committee on the Integrity in Public Life Bill, 2018
- Bills referred
- Integrity in Public Life Bill, 2018
- Referred to the Committee
- House of Assembly 17 July 2018 Minutes, p. 2
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 17 December 2019 Minutes, p. 2
- Report adopted
- House of Assembly 14 January 2020 Minutes, p. 7
- What became of the Bill
- A revised Bill was passed by the House in July 2020 and by the Senate in August 2023 as the Integrity in Public Life Act, 2023 (Act 2023-20) ›, passed but not yet in force.
What the public told the Committee · 22 documents
- Solutions Barbados — presentation
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados — presentation
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados — recommendations
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados — letter
- Solutions Barbados — Grenville Phillips
- Barbados Bar Association — presentation
- Barbados Private Sector Association — presentation
- Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados — presentation
- Financial Intelligence Unit — presentation
- Integrity Group Barbados — presentation
- Men’s Educational Support Association — presentation
- Neville Greaves — presentation
- New Barbados Kingdom Alliance — presentation
- Office of the Ombudsman — presentation
- Peter Hunte — presentation
- Philip Osborne — presentation
- R. Orlando Marville — presentation
- Sam Lewis — presentation
- United Progressive Party — presentation
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime — presentation
- Democratic Labour Party — oral presentation
- Democratic Labour Party — presentation
2018
Public Finance Management Bill, 2018
Joint Select Committee on the Public Finance Management Bill, 2018
- Bills referred
- Public Finance Management Bill, 2018
- Referred to the Committee
- House of Assembly 18 December 2018 Minutes, p. 2
- Report laid
- House of Assembly 15 January 2019 Minutes, p. 2
- Senate 23 January 2019 Minutes, p. 3
- What became of the Bill
- The Bill was passed as the Public Finance Management Act, 2019 (Act 2019-1) ›, in force 29 July 2019 (fully from 15 April 2022).
Working papers · 8 documents
- Minutes of the 1st meeting of the Committee, 4 January 2019
- Notice of the 2nd meeting, 9 January 2019
- Notice of the 4th meeting, 14 January 2019
- Aide-memoire on public financial management legislation
- Financial Administration and Audit Act, Cap. 5 (1998)
- Financial Management and Audit Act, Cap. 5 (2007-11)
- Financial Management and Audit (Financial) Rules, 2011
- Financial Management and Audit (Supplies) Rules
Source: the Committees’ reports and papers as published on barbadosparliament.com; dates from the Minutes of the House of Assembly and the Senate. Prepared by the Parliament Library (Claude, by Anthropic) — unofficial.