Overview
The Combination of Workmen Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 95) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed enactments relating to UK labour law.
Passage
Leave to bring in the Combination Laws Repeal Bill to the House of Commons was granted on 25 May 1824 to Joseph Hume , William Sturges Bourne and Peter Moore . The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 27 May 1824, presented by Joseph Hume . The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 15 June 1824 and was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met and reported on 17 June 1824, with amendments. The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 18 June 1824, without amendments. The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Commons on 19 June 1824. The bill was granted royal assent on 21 June 1824.
Repealed enactments
Section 1 of the act repealed 35 enactments, listed in that section, as well as all acts relative to combinations of workmen or of masters as to wages, time of working, quantity of work, etc.
Legacy
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 129)