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In 1844 Graham again introduced a Bill to bring in a new Factory Act and repeal the Factory Act 1833. [86] The Bill gave educational issues a wide berth, but otherwise largely repeated the 'labour clauses' of Graham's 1843 Bill, with the important difference that the existing protection of young persons (a twelve-hour day and a ban on night ...
An Act to explain and amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, [a] intituled "An Act for extending to Ireland the Provisions not already in force there of an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of the late King William the Fourth, [b] intituled 'An Act for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for ...
In 1844 Graham again introduced a Bill to bring in a new Factory Act and repeal the 1833 Factory Act. [31] The Bill gave educational issues a wide berth, but otherwise largely repeated the 'labour clauses' of Graham's 1843 Bill, with the important difference that the existing protection of young persons (a twelve-hour day and a ban on night ...
15 June – Factory Act imposes a maximum 12-hour working day for women, and a maximum 6-hour day for children aged 6 to 13. [5] 19 July – Bank Charter Act restricts powers of British banks other than the Bank of England to issue banknotes of the pound sterling. [6] [7]
Returning to the development of factory and workshop law from the year, 1844, the main line of effort—after the act of 1847 had restricted hours of women and young persons to 10 a day and fixed the daily limits between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Saturday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.)—lay in bringing trade after trade in some degree under the scope of this ...
Factory Acts; J. Joint Stock Companies Act 1844; Joint Stock Companies Winding-Up Act 1844; M. Marsh Improvement Act 1844; R. Railway Regulation Act 1844
This legislation was further amended by the Factories Act 1844 (the Textile Factory Act), which strengthened the powers of the inspectors and required certified surgeons to examine all workers for physical fitness. A lengthy campaign to limit the working day to ten hours was led by Shaftesbury, and included support from the Anglican Church.
In March 1844, Ashley moved an amendment to a Factory Bill limiting the working hours of adolescents to ten hours after Sir James Graham had introduced a Bill aiming to limit their working hours to twelve hours. Ashley's amendment was passed by eight votes, the first time the Commons had approved of the Ten Hour principle.