History A-Level
Private Members' Bills
What Private Members' Bills means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Private Members' Bills
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Bills largely driving the profound liberal reforming legislation of the 1960s rather than official government policy, though supported by Home Secretary Roy Jenkins.
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