The House of Assembly will meet on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, for the Second Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eleventh Parliament, with a package of financial and legislative measures set for consideration.
The agenda includes a Bill to amend banking legislation, changes to the value-added tax regime, and a measure related to credit from the International Development Association, the concessional lending arm of the World Bank Group.
Members of Parliament are expected to debate the items in Roseau, where the House of Assembly sits. The sitting follows the opening of the Fourth Session of the Eleventh Parliament and comes as the Government continues to manage the island's fiscal programme.
The banking Bill is listed among the items for consideration, alongside the VAT measures and the IDA credit matter. Further details of the proposed changes were not immediately available ahead of the sitting.
The meeting is the second of the current session, which began with the formal opening of the Fourth Session of the Eleventh Parliament. The Eleventh Parliament was constituted following the general election, and its sessions run in the usual cycle of sittings, debates and committee stages.
Parliamentary business in Dominica is conducted in the House of Assembly, with the Speaker presiding and the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition taking part in debate. Bills pass through readings before receiving assent.
Financial measures such as VAT changes and credit agreements are typically scrutinised in the House, with ministers presenting the Government's position and opposition members raising questions. The IDA credit item falls within the Government's external financing arrangements.
The sitting is open to the public and the press, and proceedings are reported for Dominicans at home and across the diaspora. The House of Assembly is the central forum for national legislation in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Residents and businesses with an interest in banking rules and VAT will be watching the outcome of Tuesday's debate. The measures, once approved, would take effect in line with the provisions set out in the legislation.
Dominica 1 will report the decisions of the House as they are taken.
