The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 . The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary and nine clerks or assistant commissioners. The commission lasted until 1847 when it was replaced by a Poor Law Board – the Andover workhouse scandal being one of the reasons for this change.
4-589: The Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order was an order from the Poor Law Commission issued on 21 December 1844 which aimed to end the distribution of outdoor relief to the able-bodied poor . This article relating to law in the United Kingdom , or its constituent jurisdictions, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Poor Law Commission Edwin Chadwick , one of
8-590: The Secretary to the Poor Law Commission, wanted the New Poor Law to be implemented at first in the north of England where, at that time, there were few economic problems: employment was high and food was plentiful. But the narrow base of the economy posed the problem that unemployment could fluctuate wildly. This made implementation of the act difficult as it was a physical impossibility to build
12-418: The parishes the commissioners were almost universally hated. The commission had the power to issue directives but there was no way to make parishes do what the commission wanted them to do. The commission however did have powers over dietaries for the workhouse and it could veto appointments to boards of guardians – therefore making it difficult for the parishes that opposed it. Edwin Chadwick,
16-509: The writers of the 1832 royal commission hoped to become commissioner but instead only got the post of secretary. This caused clashes with the Poor Law Commissioners. This was one reason the Poor Law Commission was eventually abolished – there was too much infighting within the organisation. The Poor Law Commission was independent of Parliament. This made it vulnerable to criticism from those inside Parliament. In
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