ualifications of members, 101;
number of members, 101;
question of reform, 102-103;
early reform proposals, 103-104;
conflicts with the Liberals, 104;
powers relating to money bills, 106;
rejection of Finance Bill of 1909, 107;
Liberal project of reform, 108;
Unionist proposals, 109;
adoption of Parliament Act of 1911, 110-111;
effects of the Act, 112-114;
sessions, 117;
opening ceremonies, 117-118;
sittings and attendance, 125;
officers, 125-126;
privileges, 127;
judicial functions, 130-132;
procedure, 141-142.

--Humble Petition and Advice, 30.

--Hundred, 4.

--Impeachment, 130.

--Independent Labor Party, 165.

--Instrument of Government, 29.

--Ireland, union of 1801, 40-41;
allotment of parliamentary seats, 85;
over-representation, 89;
representative peers, 98-99;
question of Home Rule, 150-152.

--James I., conception of monarchy, 26;
parliaments of, 28.

--James II., overthrown, 32.

--John, signs Magna Carta, 9;
holds council at Oxford, 12.

--Jury, use of, 171, 172.

--Justice of the Peace, functions, 171-172.

--King. See Crown.

--King's Bench, Court of, 17, 174.

--Labor Party, 165-167.

--Lansdowne Reconstruction Bill, 100.

--Law, origins, 167;
form, 168-169.

--Legislation, powers acquired by Parliament, 14-15.

--Liberal Party, conflict with House of Lords, 104;
and reform, 147;
regeneration under Gladstone, 148-149;
and Home Rule, 150;
secession of Unionists, 151;
rehabilitation, 156;
electoral triumph in 1906, 157;
mandate and performance, 158-159;
conflict with House of Lords, 159;
triumph in elections of 1910, 160;
carry Parliament Act of 1911, 110, 160;
signification of nomenclature, 162;
present-day issues, 163;
composition, 164.

--Liberal Unionists, origins, 151.

--Local Government Act of 1888, 180.

--Local Government Board, 180, 182.

--Local Government, periods in history, 176;
before 1835, 176-178;
mid-century confusion of areas, 179;
relations with central government, 181-182;
organization of administrative county, 183-184;
the rural district, 184;
rural and urban parish, 185;
urban district, 186;
boroughs and cities, 187-189;
London, 190-191.

--London, government, 190-191.

--Lord High Chancellor, 63.