Papers relating to the Royal Commission on the Poor Law, the Minority Report and the National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution, including a paper by Sidney Webb 'Suggestions and Hypotheses'.
National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution
This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 97 COLL MISC 0862
- Dates of Creation
- 1910-1911
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 folder
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Administrative / Biographical History
Formerly the National Committee for the Promotion of the Break Up of the Poor Law. Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister 1902-1905, set up a Royal Commission under Lord George Hamilton (1845-1927) to look into the Poor Law of 1832. The Act was considered to be too severe, it was no longer universally applied and was open to abuse. The Local Government Act of 1929 established a revised approach to the conditions of the poor.
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