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Home Rule for Ireland

Government of Ireland Act 1914
Long title An Act to provide for the better Government of Ireland.
Citation 4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 90
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent 18 September 1914
Commencement Postponed by Suspensory Act 1914
Repealed 23 December 1920
Other legislation
Repealed by Government of Ireland Act 1920
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Third Home Rule Act
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Name and origin
Official name of legislation Government of Ireland Act, 1914
Location United Kingdom
Year 1914
Government introduced Asquith (Liberal)
Parliamentary passage
House of Commons passed? Yes
House of Lords Passed? No; passed under Parliament Act 1911
Royal Assent? Yes
Defeated
Which House House of Lords 3 times (over-ruled)
Which stage -
Final vote -
Date 1912, 1913, 1914 (over-ruled)
Details of legislation
Legislature type bicameral
Unicameral subdivision none
Name(s) upper: House of Lords;
lower: House of Commons
Size(s) House of Lords: 40
House of Commons: 164 members
MPs in Westminster 42 MPs
Executive head Lord Lieutenant
Executive body Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Ireland
Prime Minister in text none
Responsible executive no
Enactment
Act implemented not implemented
Succeeded by Government of Ireland Act 1920

The Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 90), also known as the Home Rule Act, and before enactment as the Third Home Rule Bill, was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to provide home rule (self-government within the United Kingdom) for Ireland. It was the third such bill introduced by a Liberal government in a 28-year period in response to the Irish Home Rule movement.

The Act was the first law ever passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sought to establish a devolved government in any part of the UK. However, the implementation of both it and the equally controversial Welsh Church Act 1914 was formally postponed for a minimum of twelve months with the outbreak of the First World War. The continuation of the war beyond 1915 and subsequent developments in Ireland led to further postponements, meaning that the Act never took effect; it was finally superseded by a fourth home rule bill, enacted as the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which partitioned Ireland, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, both intended to have Home Rule.

In 1909, a constitutional crisis arose when the House of Lords rejected David Lloyd George's Finance Bill. Two general elections took place in January and December 1910, both of which left the Liberals and Conservatives equally matched, with John Redmond's Irish Parliamentary Party holding the balance of power in the House of Commons. The Irish Party, which had campaigned for home rule for Ireland since the 1870s, pledged to support the Liberals in return for the introduction of a home rule bill. The Parliament Act 1911 replaced the unlimited veto of the Lords with one lasting only two years, ensuring that a bill passed by the Commons could not be blocked for more than two years.


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