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Introductory Text. 1. Substitution of references to two sessions and one year for reference to three sessions and two years respectively. 2. Short title, construction and citation. Back to top. An...
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 generated renewed parliamentary and public discussion of the validity of the 1949 Act, including a legal challenge to its validity by opponents of the ban on hunting with dogs, which ended in the House of Lords.
If the Parliament Act of 1911 was a battle between the House of Lords and the Liberal Party, the Parliament Act of 1949 Act saw the Labour Party, elected in 1945, take on the upper house. The contentious issue was Clement Attlee's post-war government nationalisation programme.
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This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act 1949. Parliament Act 1949 (c. 103) Document Generated: 2024-05-05. Changes to legislation: There are currently no known outstanding effects...
25 lut 2016 · This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the procedures governing the use of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949. It notes occasions when they have been used and also reports on challenges to the validity of the Parliament Acts.
Parliament Act 1949. Although the Parliament Act 1911 hinted at further reform of the House of Lords, in fact it remained unaltered until after the Second World War. The Parliament Act itself was used twice, in order to pass the Government of Ireland Act and Welsh Church Act, both in 1914.
