1st Constitutional Crisis 1909-1911

Question 1

How can the 1909 constitutional crisis be split in 2 sections

Answer 1

1909-1910 over the people’s budget

1910-1911 over the parliament act

Question 2

How did the people’s budget cause a crisis

Answer 2

• Progressive tax angered conservatives, the HOL rejected the budget in 1909
• convention that lords shouldn’t intervene with Money bills
• General election called in Jan 1910

Question 3

What was the election fought on

Answer 3

• Liberals fought on that Britain should be governed by elected MPs in the HOC not the HOL -DLG ‘peers v people’
• Cons claimed that other ways to raise money were possible e.g. tariffs