Harold Macmillan’s government gained royal assent for the Life Peerages Act 1958, providing for the appointment of merit-based life peerages and giving women the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
Harold Macmillan’s government gained royal assent for the Life Peerages Act 1958, providing for the appointment of merit-based life peerages and giving women the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords.