Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949

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UK constitutional statute constitutional convention enshrined in statute

The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are key UK constitutional statutes that limit the House of Lords’ power to block legislation, enabling certain bills to become law without its consent.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Parliament Act 1911 5
Parliament Act 1949 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK constitutional statute ⓘ
constitutional convention enshrined in statute ⓘ
affects legislative supremacy of the House of Commons ⓘ
aimsTo prevent the House of Lords from permanently blocking legislation approved by the House of Commons ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
basedOn doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance central to debates on the legitimacy of the House of Lords ⓘ
illustration of manner and form limitations on Parliament’s legislative process ⓘ
key element in the shift from a bicameral to a Commons‑dominant legislature ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enables enactment of certain bills without consent of the House of Lords ⓘ
excludes bills to extend the maximum duration of Parliament ⓘ
most bills classified as money bills (special procedure under 1911 Act) ⓘ
governsProcess how long the House of Lords can delay most public bills ⓘ
hasBeenInvokedIn enactment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 ⓘ
enactment of the Hunting Act 2004 ⓘ
enactment of the Parliament Act 1949 ⓘ
enactment of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 ⓘ
enactment of the War Crimes Act 1991 ⓘ
hasEffect allows Royal Assent without House of Lords’ approval in specified circumstances ⓘ
maintains prohibition on using the procedure to extend the life of Parliament ⓘ
reduces maximum delaying power of the House of Lords over most public bills ⓘ
hasPart Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Act 1911

Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Act 1949
interpretedBy House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (as successor court)
interpretedInCase R (Jackson) v Attorney General ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislature British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
limits absolute veto of the House of Lords on public bills ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom constitution (in the broad, uncodified sense)
procedureAppliesTo money bills (with shorter time limits) ⓘ
public bills other than money bills ⓘ
relatedConcept bicameralism ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty in the UK ⓘ
separation of powers (legislative branch) ⓘ
relatedLegislation Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related) ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999 ⓘ
replaces House of Lords’ absolute veto with suspensory veto ⓘ
requires certification by the Speaker of the House of Commons for use of the procedure ⓘ
passage of a bill in the House of Commons in successive sessions for use of the procedure ⓘ
subjectMatter legislative process for public bills ⓘ
limitation of the House of Lords’ veto powers ⓘ
relationship between House of Commons and House of Lords ⓘ
typeOfLaw public general Acts ⓘ
usedFor bypassing House of Lords’ rejection of public bills ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Lords → governingDocument → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → hasPart → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1911
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → hasPart → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1949
House of Lords Reform → historicalPhase → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1911
House of Lords Reform → historicalPhase → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1949
Attlee government → implementedPolicy → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1949
Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → includesNotableExample → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
Liberal Government (1905–1915) → legislated → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1911
People's Budget of 1909 → relatedTo → Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1911
this entity surface form: Parliament Act 1911