The effects of the Corn Laws

• The price of British wheat was kept high for four years, but started to fall after 1819.
• By the mid-1820s, British wheat was actually cheaper than before the French Wars started.
• In 1828, William Huskisson reduced the price at which foreign wheat could be allowed into the country to 73 shillings a quarter and a sliding scale was set up that allowed the price of wheat to fluctuate. The price of wheat did not really rise after this and more foreign wheat was imported into the country.
• In 1842, the government was forced once again to reduce the price at which foreign wheat could be allowed into the country to 66 shillings a quarter.
• The price of food was still too high for many working-class people to afford.
• By the mid-1840s the Corn Laws were coming under attack from many people.