30th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the wartime legislature elected in January 1910 that sat during the early years of H. H. Asquith’s Liberal government and the lead-up to the First World War.

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30th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
commonsControl Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
commonsSpeaker James Lowther ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason calling of the December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
election January 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endDate 1910-11-28 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1910-04-10 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1910-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government Asquith Liberal government ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
historicalEra Edwardian era ⓘ
reign of George V ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeContext pre–First World War period ⓘ
legislativeTerm 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom under the Parliament Act 1911 numbering scheme ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainOppositionLeader Arthur Balfour ⓘ
mainOppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
metAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarch Edward VII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
notableLegislationContext budgetary and constitutional reforms preceding Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 670 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 30 ⓘ
precededBy 29th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinister H. H. Asquith ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1910-11-28 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1910-04-11 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
significantEvent constitutional crisis over the 1909 People’s Budget ⓘ
negotiations leading to the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
significantIssue House of Lords veto power ⓘ
Irish Home Rule question ⓘ
social welfare reforms ⓘ
startDate 1910-02-15 ⓘ
status minority government ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Cabinet of H. H. Asquith → parliamentaryTerm → 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Coalition Government (1915–1916) → legislativeTerm → 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
31st Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ