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Reform Bill
noun
any of the bills passed by Parliament (1832, 1867, 1884) providing for an increase in the number of voters in elections for the House of Commons, especially the bill of 1832 by which many rotten boroughs were disfranchised.
Reform Bill
noun
history any of several bills or acts extending the franchise or redistributing parliamentary seats, esp the acts of 1832 and 1867
Example Sentences
The Welfare Reform Bill will include proposals to make it harder for disabled people with less severe conditions to claim Personal Independence Payment, or PIP, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A scheme to give disabled people a right to try employment without the risk of losing their benefits will also be introduced at the same time as the welfare reform bill.
Back in 2023, the UK government made the unprecedented decision to veto Holyrood's Gender Recognition Reform bill.
Badenoch defended her record, telling MPs she had helped commission the Cass review into gender identity services for young people, and blocked the Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Scotland.
He whipped his MSPs to vote for the Gender Recognition Reform Bill at Holyrood, leading to two Labour frontbenchers leaving their posts.
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