'Parliament, legislation and regulation of English textile industries, 1689-1714' in L Davison et al (eds), Stilling the Grumbling Hive. The response to social and economic problems in England, 1689-1750

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  • Name Government & business & industry policy
  • Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
  • Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation

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Considers commercial policy at a time of trade disruption caused by wars and the ensuing damage to the important textile industries, mostly notable woollen cloth production and exporting - 'the following case study will examine the parliamentary regulation of the textile trades and industries during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, paying close attention to the type of legislation initiated, the process of legislating, and the economic ideas informing parliamentary decision making on commercial policy issues'