The House sits on Tuesdays beginning at 10:30am, and are broadcast live on the local radio station, Quality 100.7 FM.

The then unicameral Parliament originally was tasked with establishing a system of laws and was completely under the domination of the island's planter-class.

By 1653, the Assembly moved to the State House then located in Bridgetown area known as Cheapside (then encompassing Broad Street).

Over the next century, the colony's elected officials assembled at various locations all over Bridgetown, which were rented taverns and homes of local merchants and landlords.

The current Parliament Buildings were built in the neo-Gothic style in the early 1870s on the site of what was known as the "New Burnt District", which was part of a 10-acre area in the town that was destroyed by the great fire in 1860.

In 1968 the Barbados Parliament was presented two complete libraries of Parliamentary and constitutional works of reference from the British House of Commons to celebrate political Independence with membership to the Commonwealth.

Parliament is empowered by Article 35(l) of the Constitution to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of Barbados.

[24] The President of Barbados may also announce a new date of General elections should the Prime Minister in power not survive a vote of no confidence motion.