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Domestic Policy (1930 Traffic Act (Speed limits (Removed until 1934), 5000…
Domestic Policy
1930 Traffic Act
5000 deaths led to Royal Commission in 1926
Passed by Morrison
Driving offences
Third Party insurance
Driving tests
Highway code
Speed limits
Removed until 1934
Not particularly radical
1930 Housing Act
Passed by Greenwood
Restored subsidies for local authorities
House building in 1924
Poor conditions
Led to the clearance of more slums than ever before
700,000 new homes
Successful?
Difficult with Labour minority
Uninspiring
Increase in unemlployment
Increase in spending
Drawn away from reforming measures with were overtly socialist
Didn't pass much fundamental reforming legislation but did offer useful measures
1930 Unemployment Act
Restored cuts made in Conservative provision
Increased unemployment provision and those available for 'transitional benefit'
Money paid when their payments under Insurance Act ran out
Fund was in deficit due to rising unemployment in 1931
Gregory Commission
Cuts to 30s a week for a married couple with two children
10%
Increasing state control
1931 London Transport Bill
Trams, buses and underground under one public authority
1931 Agricultural Marketing Act
Increased controls over production
Accepted by both coalition partners
Lords rejected a bill to raise school leaving age to 15
Proposed electoral reforms
End plural voting
Oxford/Cambridge representation was elitist
Lords rejected the vote change
Land Utilisation Bill
Rejected by the Lords
Interfered with private property
Set up a special commission to buy farm lands not being productively used
Declining trade raised revenue and money available for reforms and improvements