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A handbook to political questions of the day : and the arguments on either side, with an introduction

Archive Print Item: BC Mattison/BUX

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Type of record: Book

Title: A handbook to political questions of the day : and the arguments on either side, with an introduction

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Mattison/BUX

Creator(s): Buxton, Sydney Charles Buxton Earl (1853-1934)

Publisher: J. Murray

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1892

Language: English

Size and medium: xxii, 436 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/288857

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002623549705181

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Contents: Introduction.--Home rule.--Church and state.--Elementary education.--Reform.--Parliamentary elections.--Reform of the procedure of the House of commons.--Payment of members.--House of lords.--London municipal reform.--Home rule for London.--Rural local self-government.--Land laws.--Allorments extension.--Leasehold enfranchisement.--Intoxicating liquor laws.--Taxation of ground values.--Incidence of imperial taxation.--Reciprocity or "fair trade".--Capital punishment.--Marriage with deceased wife's sister.--Sunday opening of museums, etc.--Immigration of undesirable aliens.--Legal limitation of hours.--Prime ministers of England since 1783.--Index.

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