The Woollen Trade Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 28) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Woollen Manufacture Act 1726 (13 Geo. 1. c. 23).
Background The committee appointed to consider of the state of the woollen manufacture of England reported on 19 May 1808, resolving to repeal various old acts relating to the manufacture of wool in the United Kingdom.
In 1809 and 1810 respectively, the Woollen Manufacture Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. 109) and the Woollen Manufacture Act 1810 (50 Geo. 3. c. 83) were passed, which repealed over 40 enactments related to the manufacture of wool in the United Kingdom.
Passage Leave to bring in the Woollen Trade Bill to the House of Commons was granted to George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle , Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet and John Marshall on 14 June 1833. The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 14 June 1833, presented by George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle , . The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 18 June 1833 and was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met and reported on 18 June 1833, without amendments. The bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 19 June 1833 and passed, without amendments.
The bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 20 June 1833. The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 21 June 1833 and was committed to a committee of the whole house. The bill was committed to a select committee on 3 July 1833 to consider the petition of Spinners of Wool and Weavers employed in the West Riding of the County of York, consisting of 17 members: +NameCommentarySir George Staunton, 2nd BaronetDavid Boyle, Lord BoyleLloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron KenyonGeorge Eden, 1st Earl of AucklandJames Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron WharncliffeArchibald Primrose, 4th Earl of RoseberyWilliam Best, 1st Baron WynfordArthur Chichester, 1st Baron TemplemoreFrederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of RiponCharles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of RichmondAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyJames St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of RosslynArchibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of GosfordHenry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of HarewoodJohn Edward Cornwallis Rous, 2nd Earl of StradbrokeThomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of DucieAdded on 4 July 1833William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardingeAdded on 4 July 1833 The select committee resolved in favour of the bill on 9 July 1833 and the bill was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met and reported on 10 July 1833, without amendments. The bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 11 July 1833 and passed, without amendments.
The bill was granted royal assent on 24 July 1833.
Provisions Section 1 of the act repealed the Woollen Manufacture Act 1726 (13 Geo. 1. c. 23).
Legacy The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 35).
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