Septennial

We already have fixed-term Parliaments in the sense that Parliament has a fixed maximum term, under the Septennial Act 1715 a silly bit of drafting, that - surely the 1715 Act ought to have been repealed and replaced, rather than simply amended.

Fixed-term Parliaments: not the answer 2009

We already have fixed-term Parliaments in the sense that Parliament has a fixed maximum term, under the Septennial Act 1715 a silly bit of drafting, that - surely the 1715 Act ought to have been repealed and replaced, rather than simply amended.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

It also seems to be technically unconstitutional as it has no provision for the monarch's right to dissolve parliament at their will which the current arrangements the Septennial Act 1715 as amended by the Parliament Act 1911 support.

Campaign for fixed term Parliaments 2007

It also seems to be technically unconstitutional as it has no provision for the monarch's right to dissolve parliament at their will which the current arrangements the Septennial Act 1715 as amended by the Parliament Act 1911 support.

Archive 2007-10-01 2007

He looked forward to a reign limited only by the Septennial Act.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

He looked forward to a reign limited only by the Septennial Act.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

He looked forward to a reign limited only by the Septennial Act.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

Septennial Act, partly as a reaction to Jacobite risings, prolonged Parliament's life to seven years.

1716 2001

At the same time the government's tenure of office was obviously drawing to its close; the usual interpretation of the Septennial Act involved a dissolution either in 1905 or 1906, and the government whips found increased difficulty in keeping a majority at Westminster, since neither the pronounced Chamberlainites nor the convinced free-trade Unionists showed any zeal, and a large number of the uncertain Unionists did not intend to stand again for parliament.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

The petitions which had been presented prayed for the abolition of the Septennial Act. Pitt did not adopt this prayer, but demanded the sweeping away of all rotten boroughs, and the establishment of an equal representation.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr