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The 1833 Act was a pioneering piece of legislation, and set the pace for further reform. This did, however, prove a difficult process as many employers found ways to evade the new regulations. In 1844 ...

The choice of a Speaker was, for centuries, a well-entrenched system falling to the govening power but during the twentieth century this process became increasingly outdated resulting in a new secret ...

The political impartiality of the Speaker is a key feature of the office, while the role's authority has developed over time alongside other procedural reforms. The political impartiality of the ...

In parallel with factories, mills and workshops, Victorian legislators also responded to concern about working conditions in coal mines, especially the employment of women and children. In 1842 a ...

From the late 18th century children formed a rising proportion of the population almost two out of five people by the mid-1820s. It was common for them to work to supplement family incomes. Orphans ...

Over the winter of 1641-2 relations between King and Parliament broke down entirely. The unity of purpose between and within the Lords and Commons which had been evident at the end of 1640 also broke ...

A year before the Great Fire, London had been ravaged by bubonic plague. So great was the epidemic that King Charles II and his Court moved from London to Salisbury, while Parliament found a temporary ...

Petition of William Penn Esquire, Heir at Law, and of John, Thomas, and Richard Penn Gentlemen, Devisees under the Will of William Penn, deceased, late Patentee of Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] in ...

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An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. Following the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, Parliament passed a series of Acts in 1774 ...

Even mill-owners were beginning to speak up for improved conditions. A strong humanitarian campaign had grown outside Parliament, championed by the MPs Anthony Ashley-Cooper (later the 7th Earl of ...