Walter Osborne1913
Legislation allows a political levy & gives trade union members a voluntary opt-out
Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Legislation allows a political levy & gives trade union members a voluntary opt-out
George Brown works to pass the Agriculture Act 1947 which provides price support to farmers, and also more arable land and ease shortages of machinery and foodstuffs at a time when Government policy aimed at increasing food production so rationing in the United Kingdom could be lifted
Gets the Monopolies Act passed & is responsible for its implementation
The Monopolies Act is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
The Race Relations Act outlaws discrimination & establishes a Race Relations Board
The Rent Act fixes fair rents for private tenants & provides security of tenure. The Redundancy Payments Act provides payments of workers who are made redundant. The Race Relations Act outlaws racial discrimination. The Race Relations Act establishes a Race Relations Board
The Abortion Bill is passed by Parliament
Introduces the first Government subsidies for socially necessary but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act
The Representation of the People Act is defeated in the House of Lords
Puts through the Equal Pay Act 1970
The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal consent & for direct rule from Westminster
Responsible for the Health and Safety at Work Act
The National Economic Board publishes, "The Regeneration of British Industry". Reverses the Industrial Relations Act of the Conservative Government
Britain's Sex Discrimination Act is passed, the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is designed to protect men, women and transgendered people from discrimination on the grounds of gender
Introduces a wide range of innovative welfare reforms, including the introduction of the mobility allowance, the Invalid Care Allowance for single women and others who give up their jobs to care for severely disabled relatives, the introduction of a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled persons who had not qualified for invalidity pension, reforms in child allowances, and the linking of most social security benefits to earnings rather than prices
Incitement to race hatred becomes an offence. Britain adopts the Race Relations Act with sweeping anti-racial laws, but the laws do not extend to Northern Ireland, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is formed to enforce the new laws banning racial discrimination. A Commission on Race Equality is established
The Race Relations Act is pased. Britain adopts the Race Relations Act with sweeping anti-racial laws, but the laws do not extend to Northern Ireland, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is formed to enforce the new laws banning racial discrimination
Introduces the Scotland Bill to the Commons, for a Scottish Parliament
The European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into UK law by passing the Human Rights Act
Acts of Parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections
The House of Lords Act permits jusy ninety-two hereditaries to remain in the House of Lords
The Transport Act creates the Strategic Rail Authority
The Transport Act creates the Strategic Rail Authority. The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent. The Freedom of Information Act is passed, introduces a public "right to know" in relation to public bodies
The Commons passes the Identity Cards Bill at its 3rd reading by 224 votes to 64
The Hunting Act, the ban on hunting with dogs, comes into force
Prescott makes public his disapproval of Tony Blairs plans to give state schools the right to govern their finances and admission policies and to increase the number of city academies
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.