Social Reforms 1965-70 Flashcards
What did the race relations acts do?
Prohibited racism in public places and in employment
Racial hatred became an offence
Race relations board has power to investigate racism offences
Community relations commission promotes racial understanding
Who highlighted the race issue in 1968?
Enoch Powell
What did Powell do?
Nationalist - have his nightmare vision in a speech in 1968 of a Britain surrounded by racial conflict
What did Powell famously say?
As I look ahead I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman I seem to see the river Tiber foaming with much blood
What was the effect of powells speech?
Condemned from all political sides
Powell was dismissed
When was the abortion act?
1967
What was the abortion act?
Legal termination of pregnancy where two doctors agree there was a serious risk to the physical or mental health of mum or baby born with disabilities
What was the reaction to the abortion act?
Feminists hailed it as it have them the right to choose
Moralists saw it as the murder if the innocent
When was the sexual offences act?
1967
What was the sexual offences act?
Based on wolfenden report 1968
Permitted male homosexual acts in private
Female homosexuality not mentioned - had never been illegal
When was the office of ombudsman created?
1967
What was the office of ombudsman?
Special officer appointed who ordinary citizens could appeal to if they felt they had suffered an abuse of authority by a government authority
When was the commonwealth immigration act?
1968
What was the commonwealth immigration act?
Prohibited new immigrants from settling in Britain unless they had family connections
When was the theatres act?
1968
