Government of Ireland Bill 1893

Second Home Rule Bill
Name and origin
Official name of legislationGovernment of Ireland Bill 1893
LocationIreland
Year1893
Government introducedGladstone (Liberal)
Parliamentary passage
House of Commons passed?Yes
House of Lords passed?No
Royal Assent?Not Applicable
Defeated
Which HouseHouse of Lords
Which stage1st stage
Final voteContent: 41; Not content 419
DateSeptember 1893
Details of legislation
Legislature typebicameral
Unicameral subdivisionnone
Name(s)upper: Legislative Council;
lower: Legislative Assembly
Size(s)Council: 48 elected by high franchise
Assembly: 103 members
MPs in Westminster80 MPs
Executive headLord Lieutenant
Executive bodyExecutive Committee of the Privy Council of Ireland
Prime Minister in textnone
Responsible executiveno
Enactment
Act implementednot applicable
Succeeded byGovernment of Ireland Act 1914

The Government of Ireland Bill 1893 (known generally as the Second Home Rule Bill) was the second attempt made by Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to enact a system of home rule for Ireland. Unlike the first attempt, which was defeated in the House of Commons, the second Bill was passed by the Commons but vetoed by the House of Lords.