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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/16/39
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria
Date	19 March 1844
Writer	Peel, Robert, Sir, 2nd Baronet
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Commons in Committee on hours of labour in the Factory Bill. Lord Ashley's motion on Clause 2, to limit labour to ten hours a day. Government opposed this on the ground that it exposed manufactures to formidable competition with countries that did not restrict labour. The motion won by a majority of 9. Anti-Corn-Law League members against Government. The outcome uncertain.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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