Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832

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The Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 was a British inquiry that investigated the existing poor relief system and recommended sweeping reforms that led to the creation of the Victorian New Poor Law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public inquiry
royal commission
appliesTo parish-based poor relief system
appliesToJurisdiction England
Wales
chairperson Charles James Blomfield
convenedBy British government
Parliament of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
documentedIn Report of the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws
endTime 1834
examined Speenhamland system
linked to: Speenhamland

outdoor relief practices
workhouse system
fieldOfWork public administration
social policy
welfare law
followedBy implementation of the New Poor Law
hasGoal investigate the operation of the existing Poor Laws
recommend reforms to the poor relief system
historicalPeriod Victorian era
influenced New Poor Law
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Victorian poor law administration
linked to: Poor Laws
language English
legalSystem English poor law system
location London
linked to: London, England
mainSubject Old Poor Law
poor relief
member Edwin Chadwick
linked to: Nassau W. Senior

Henry Bishop of Exeter (Henry Phillpotts)
John Bird Sumner
Nassau William Senior
precededBy Old Poor Law regime
linked to: Old Poor Law
publicationDate 1834
recommended centralization of poor law administration
creation of a central Poor Law Commission
greater use of workhouses
principle of less eligibility
restriction of outdoor relief
uniformity of poor relief practices
result recommendation of sweeping reforms to poor relief
significantEvent preparation of the 1834 Poor Law Report
startTime 1832
usedMethod collection of witness testimony
local investigations
questionnaires to parishes

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 basedOn Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission commissionedBy Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress
linked to: Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission partOf Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress reports
linked to: Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission relatedTo Majority Report of the Poor Law Commission
linked to: Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission contrastsWith Majority Report of the Poor Law Commission
linked to: Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 documentedIn Report of the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws
linked to: Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832