The Barbados government introduced three significant constitutional amendments to Parliament on Tuesday, sparking debate and raising questions about the process of constitutional reform. The proposals include widening the permissible size variation of constituencies, electing the Speaker of the House from outside the House of Assembly, and granting ministers expanded speaking rights in both legislative chambers. These amendments, however, were not endorsed by the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC), according to its Chair, retired jurist Christopher Blackman, who expressed confusion over the current status of the commission’s report on constitutional changes, completed in 2024.