This shows that backbencher serve little purpose, other than acting as lobby fodder. Yet on the other hand, some PMBs such as the reforms of laws have been supported by the government in the past. The most famous being the 1967 Abortion Act when a backbencher was able to initiate the bill and see it through, resulting in a change in the law. In this instance it can be seen that backbenchers have the opportunity to actually be involved in the running of the
The first two interpretations wouldn’t have directly effected Liverpool’s government; however, the final interpretation stating it may have had political as well as economic aims, leads people to think this may have been a serious radical challenge to Liverpool’s government. Liverpool’s Government certainly thought so and made machine-breaking a capital offence and posted over 12,000 troops to the Luddite areas. Following the end of Luddism, the period between 1812- 1815 witnessed relatively little in the way of popular protest, however, post 1815 saw the revival of radical activity and was described by historian E.P. Thompson as ‘the heroic age of popular radicalism’.
The work of Booth and Rowntree had for the first time highlighted that fact that people were not in poverty just because they were lazy. The majority of the cases were caused by unemployment, sickness, old age, large families and low wages. The Liberals knew now if they were going to have a strong country and keep control of the country they needed to address this. They used data collected during 1905-1909 to come up with the Liberal reforms. During 1906-1914 the Liberals made a huge progress in beginning to deal with poverty but the reforms did not make a big a difference as first thought during this time so they were not completely successful in dealing with the issue of poverty.
12 years later, he became a member of parliament for Cambridge. His ambition was to turn England into a republic. He did many good things but also some very bad things. Many people think he was a very bad person but some people believed strongly in what he did. Before the 1600s, when there was a war, people would have been picked off the street and been given weapons but not trained or qualified to fight.
Not only did they westernized their education with modern sciences and modern life, but they also made a frame for the to establish laws and courts of justice (Document3). The British built a strong and efficient administration ran the government for the Indians, deciding that they would not be able to run their government properly, became a problem later for India. Imperialism may have been a positive force for India in many ways, but the economic gain benefitted
Do you agree with the view that since the Second World War British television has contributed little to the improvement of race relations in Britain? Second World War British television has contributed much towards improving race relations within Britain. This is due to many reasons that are highlighted in source 13 and other events that happened since the War ended in 1945. Although there are contradicting ideas that are discussed in sources 14 and 15. The case supporting the view that Second World War British television made a contribution to improving race relations in Britain is supported in the Source 13 as it mentions how the views of the minority races were changed due to what they were watching on TV.
Many felt the repealing the Stamp tax would be in the best interest of England. However some had felt that the English people had been paying this very same tax for years and thought it was ridiculous that the colonists are enraged over this. Many members of parliament thought that the stamp act was justified, after all Colonists hadn’t been able to raise sufficient funds during the French and Indian War. Great Britain thought that it was only fair that the colonists pay their fair share. However reluctantly to many Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.
"Evaluate the political and social reforms of Augustus.” Augustus’ political and social reforms were drastic and represented a whole new era within ancient Roman society. His reforms comprised of traditional Roman values intertwined with new political and social legislations, and although most of his reforms were successful, some also represented weaknesses, such as the moral legislations which were unaccepted across wide parts of the empire. Although Augustus’ political and social reforms were generally well-accepted and effective, a minority were quite unpopular thus limiting their success in some aspects. The first reforms of Augustus began with the Settlement of 27 BC and proved to be quite successful, although they did caused some
When the Labour government implemented these laws they protected traditional parliamentary sovereignty. Unlike Germany or the USA where judges can annul legislations that are found to be in breach of the human rights act. In the UK however judges can only issue a declaration of incompatibility which sends the legislation back to parliament so that they can make changes to suit the HRA. It is difficult to declare on this subject whether or not there have been enough reforms on the Human Rights Act as through one viewpoint it is important to sometimes evade Human Rights to catch potential terrorists on the other hand millions of people have had to sacrifice their right to private life as has been found with the major scandal of NSA spying on internet records. Some people may argue that if you have nothing to hide you should not fear however people still should be able to have
The reform act on 1832 was an act passed by Parliament in order to change the way in which the electoral system in the country worked, as it had been virtually unchanged for around 200 years. The act was not new to parliament as the idea of the bill was in fact presented to the government by radical movements wanting change. The fact that the reform act had not been passed earlier even with the pressure of radical movements begs the question as to what changed for the act to be passed later in 1832? What new factors helped in gaining the reform? The problems with the way in which the electoral system worked, meant that the majority people wanted change and therefore pushed for electoral reform.