Parliamentary procedure
In the end, Balfour, now leader of the Conservative opposition, used his mastery of Parliamentary procedure to defeat any compromise and keep his 1902 Act intact. On 12 December 1906 the Commons rejected the Lords’ amendments by 414 votes to 107. After the Lords, which until 1911 still had equal say with the Commons over legislation, voted to reinstate its amendments, the bill was abandoned. Further bills were introduced in 1907 and 1908, and also abandoned. As a result of Lloyd George’s lobbying, a separate department for Wales was created within the Board of Education.