West Minister of Health: Terrence Deyalsingh Minister of Education: Nyan Gadsby-Dolly Minister of Labour and Small Enterprise Development: Stephen McClashie Minister of Social Development and Family Services: Donna Cox Minister of Sports and Community Development: Shamfa Cudjoe Minister of Youth Development and National Services: Foster Cummings Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Stuart Young Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Ayanna Webster-Roy Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Symon De Nobrega Minister in the Ministry of Finance: Brian Manning Minister in the Office of the Attorney-General: Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries: Avinash Singh Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries (Lands): Nigel de Freitas Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development: Adrian Leonce Minister in the Ministry of Education: Lisa Morris-Julian Minister in the Ministry of Public Administration: Hassel Bacchus Following the 2015 general elections, a number of ministries were removed, while others were consolidated or reintroduced. Legislative branch The Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 41 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 31 members: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, six Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and nine Independent Senators appointed by the President to represent other sectors of civil society. The 15 member Tobago House of Assembly has limited autonomy with respect to Tobago. Party division by Parliamentary session The following tables lists the party divisions for the House of Representatives and Tobago House of Assembly. Note that numbers in boldface denote the majority party at that particular time while italicized numbers signify a House in which the majority party changed intra-term. Tobago House of Assembly Partisan control of Parliament This table shows the number of Parliaments in which a party controlled the House of Representatives and Tobago House of Assembly. Tobago House of Assembly Judicial branch The country's highest court is the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, whose chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. The current Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is Ivor Archie. Final appeal on some matters is decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by its