Parliament Act 1911 sufficient Liberal peers to overcome the then Conservative majority. The Act effectively removed the right of the House of Lords to veto money bills completely, and replaced it with a right of veto over other public bills with a maximum delay of two years (the Parliament Act 1949 reduced this to one). It also reduced the maximum term of a parliament from seven years to five. Until the Parliament Act 1911, there was no way to resolve disagreements between the two houses of Parliament except through the creation of additional peers by the monarch. Queen Anne had created twelve Tory
Demise of the Crown Act 1901 Demise of the Crown Act 1901 The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides that the holding of any office under the Crown is not to be affected in any way by the death of the reigning monarch, and that it is not necessary for anyone to be reappointed to a position in such an event. Section 1 (2) provided that the Act took effect retrospectively "as from the last demise of the Crown"; i.e. the death of Queen Victoria. Section 1 (2) was repealed by the