Legislation
- Trade Disputes Act 1906 – Protected labour unions from frivolous legal claims, such as the subject of a strike claiming economic damages caused by the voluntary withholding of labour by workers, or the subject of a boycott claiming the union economically damaged them by encouraging people to voluntarily shop elsewhere.
- Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 – Granted compensation for injury at work.
- Merchant Shipping Act 1906
- Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906
- Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907 – created school medical inspections.
- Matrimonial Causes Act 1907
- Mines Act 1908 – Miners now worked 8-hour days.
- 1908 Children and Young Person's Act (Children's Charter)
- Old-Age Pensions Act 1908
- Labour Exchanges Act 1909
- Trade Boards Act 1909
- Housing and Town Planning Act 1909
- National Insurance Act 1911
- Shops Act 1911 – shop owners could now take half a day off work per week.
- Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912
From 1911 MPs were given a salary of £400 per annum, meaning that it was much easier for working-class people to stand for election.
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“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and not lead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I’ll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you’ll have to say, “Stop here until your mom comes here.” Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)