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Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime minister", beginning in the 18th century. Since 1902, prime ministers have always held the office of First Lord of the Treasury. [4]
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland .
Family law concerns a host of authorities, agencies and groups which participate in or influence the outcome of private disputes or social decisions involving family law. Such a view of family law may be regarded as assisting the understanding of the context in which the law works and to indicate the policy areas where improvements can be made.
Legislation creates some obligations of the state to children, disputes involving such matters aare dealt with by public family law. [4] In 2021, 265,308 cases entered the family court system. There were 38,528 domestic violence orders and 1,054 adoption applications. [5]
An Act for repealing an Act passed in the thirty-fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act for making and repairing certain Roads in the County of Aberdeen;" [af] and for the more effectually amending, widening, repairing, and keeping in Repair the said Roads, and other Roads in the said County, and for levying a Conversion ...
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
Bonar Law: Conservative: 38.5% 33 1923 General election: MPs: Ramsay MacDonald: Labour (minority) 30.7% 34 1924 General election: MPs: Stanley Baldwin: Conservative: 46.8% 35 1929 General election: MPs: Ramsay MacDonald: Labour (minority) 37.1% 36 1931 General election: MPs: National Government: 67.2% 37 1935 General election: MPs: Stanley ...