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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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