Parliament Act 1949

Parliament Act 1949

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Parliament Act 1911.
Citation	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 103
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	16 December 1949
Commencement	16 December 1949
Other legislation
Amends	Parliament Act 1911
Amended by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Parliament Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 103) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It reduced the power of the House of Lords to delay certain types of legislation – specifically public bills other than money bills – by amending the Parliament Act 1911.

After the Labour Party's election in 1945, Attlee's government was worried that the Lords would delay their nationalisation programme. In particular, they feared that peers would reject the Iron and Steel Bill. To resolve the issue, the Commons passed the Parliament Bill in 1947, but it took until December 1949 for the law to be given royal assent under the provisions of the Parliament Act 1911.^[1]

This act is interpreted as one with the Parliament Act 1911. This act, and that act, may be cited together as the "Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949".^[2]