Minority Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:report
gptkbp:author gptkb:Beatrice_Webb
gptkb:Sidney_Webb
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Royal_Commission_on_the_Poor_Laws_and_Relief_of_Distress_1905–09
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Majority_Report_to_the_Royal_Commission_on_the_Poor_Laws
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minority Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws
gptkbp:influenced development of the British welfare state
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableFor advocacy of state intervention in social welfare
gptkbp:proposedBy abolition of the Poor Law system
introduction of state responsibility for welfare
gptkbp:publicationDate 1909
gptkbp:recommendation creation of public employment exchanges
state-provided health and unemployment insurance
separation of services for the unemployed, children, and the sick
gptkbp:subject poverty
social welfare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sidney_Webb
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5