Lords Reform 1911-2011: watch the conference meeting

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Lords Reform 1911-2011: watch the conference meeting

By Mark Pack | Sat 2nd April 2011 - 10:27 am

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The 1911 Parliament Act, introduced in the wake of the rejection by the House of Lords of Lloyd George’s People’s Budget and the two general elections of 1910, was the first successful reform of the powers of the upper house and gave constitutional supremacy to the elected House of Commons.

One hundred years after the 1911 Parliament Act, the Liberal Democrat History Group’s fringe meeting at Sheffield Conference examined the development of Lords reform since and looked forward to the Coalition’s plans for the most far-reaching changes to the House of Lords since the Liberal governments reforms of 1911 ended the upper houses ability to block legislation:

Lords Reform 1911-2011 from Liberal Democrat History Group on Vimeo.

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