to legislate through the usual channels in response to the crisis. This was a pragmatic response, which avoided the further problems of codifying unwritten rules and reconstructing the entire government. It is commonly considered a statute of "constitutional importance", which gives it informal priority in Parliament and in the courts with regard to whether later legislation can change it and the process by which this may happen. It is also mentioned in discussion of constitutional convention. While it replaced conventions regarding the role of the House of Lords, it also relies on several others. Section 1(1) only makes sense if money bills do not arise in the House of Lords, and the provisions in section 2(1) only if proceedings on a public bill are completed in a single session, otherwise they must fail and be put through procedure again. See also List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted without the House of Lords' consent References Case law Citations Bibliography McKechnie, William Sharp, 1909: The Reform of the House of Lords Further reading Blewett, Neal. "The franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918". Past & Present 32 (1965): 27–56. online Somervell, D.C. (1936). The Reign of King George V. pp. 17–28. online free External links Text of the Act as originally enacted Image of the Act on the Parliamentary website Constitutional laws of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1911 August 1911 events Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Lords Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Commons George V H. H. Asquith