Acts/Bills.

Question 1

Coal Mines Act - cut half an hour from a workers day.

Answer 1

1930.

Question 2

Agricultural Marketing Act - a board of food producers with the power to fix prices and arrange supplies.

Answer 2

1931.

Question 3

Housing Act - Arthur Greenwood extended the work of John Wheatley by re-introducing subsidies/granting greater powers to local authorities. Cleared more slums between 1934-39 than in previous decade.

Answer 3

1930.

Question 4

Education Bill - Proposed raising leaving school age to 15 - met with resistance from Catholic Church who complained about parents paying tax for a school their child did not attend.

Answer 4

1930.

Question 5

Morrison’s London Transport Bill - A public corporation responsible for proviging cheap and efficient bus and underground transport.

Answer 5

1931.

Question 6

(Foreign) Young Plan - Saw Germany accepted as an equal nation in Europe again.

Answer 6

1929.

Question 7

Relations with USSR - Government formally resumed full relations with the USSR. Ambassadors were exchanged and embassies established.

Answer 7

October, 1929.

Question 8

Anglo - American Naval Agreement (Ratio Principle)

Answer 8

For every 5 American vessels - 5 British and 3 Japanese.