UK Parliament 2001–2005

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The UK Parliament 2001–2005 was the legislative term dominated by Tony Blair’s second Labour government, during which major decisions such as involvement in the Iraq War were debated and approved.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom term ⓘ
commonsSpeaker Michael Martin ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedLegislation Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 ⓘ
Civil Partnership Act 2004 ⓘ
Communications Act 2003 ⓘ
Criminal Justice Act 2003 ⓘ
Enterprise Act 2002 ⓘ
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (brought fully into force 2005) ⓘ
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ⓘ
Higher Education Act 2004 ⓘ
Hunting Act 2004 ⓘ
Licensing Act 2003 ⓘ
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ⓘ
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ⓘ
Sexual Offences Act 2003 ⓘ
endTime 2005-04-11 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 2001-06-20 ⓘ
followedBy UK Parliament 2005–2010 ⓘ
generalElection 2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentDuringTerm Second Blair ministry ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
lastSessionEnd 2005-04-07 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
majorEventDebated Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) ⓘ
majorVote March 2003 House of Commons vote on Iraq War ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableIssue civil partnerships for same-sex couples ⓘ
fox hunting ban in England and Wales ⓘ
tuition fees reform in England ⓘ
numberOfCommonsSeats 659 ⓘ
oppositionLeader Iain Duncan Smith ⓘ
Michael Howard ⓘ
William Hague ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalContext large Labour majority ⓘ
precededBy UK Parliament 1997–2001 ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringTerm Tony Blair ⓘ
reasonForDissolution 2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
rulingParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
sessionCount 4 ⓘ
startTime 2001-06-07 ⓘ

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Bob Ainsworth → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
Andrew Robathan → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
Bill Rammell → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
Ben Chapman → partOf → Labour MPs 2001–2005 ⓘ
linked to: UK Parliament 2001–2005
Derek Wyatt → partOf → UK MPs 2001–2005 ⓘ
linked to: UK Parliament 2001–2005
Margaret Hodge → parliamentaryTerm → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
subject linked to: Dame Margaret Hodge
UK Parliament 2005–2010 → follows → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
UK Parliament 1997–2001 → followedBy → UK Parliament 2001–2005 ⓘ
Brigg and Cleethorpes → parliamentaryTermCoverage → 2001–2005 Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK Parliament 2001–2005