Septennial Act 1716 It did not require parliament to last for a full term, but merely set a maximum length on its life. Most parliaments in the remainder of the eighteenth century did indeed last for six or seven years, with only two lasting for a shorter time. In the nineteenth century, the average length of a term of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was four years. One of the demands of the mid-nineteenth century Chartists—the only one that had not been achieved by the twentieth century—was for annually-elected parliaments. The Septennial Act was amended on 18 August 1911 by of the
Every Mile, Every Mother Every Mile, Every Mother Every Mile, Every Mother is a short documentary film directed by Christy Turlington Burns (in partnership with "Citizens of Humanity") and produced by Clancy McCarty, on the subject of long-distance running and motherhood. Turlington Burns has stated that the film arose from the idea of a metaphorical understanding of how long-distance running is something akin to the experience of giving birth. So, long-distance running and the distance women have to take to gain the benefit of maternity care is the subject of the work, and accordingly the film was made to promote the cause of her