2023 attitude of gov to factory reform 33-70 Flashcards
1
Q
change
A
- 10 hour movement endorsed by MPs and lords e.g. Lord Ashley, Bull and Oastler (MPs)
- Lord Ashley proposed 10 hour clause in multiple factory reform bills e.g. 1838, 1839 and 1840
- 1847 factory act banned 10+ hour week for women and children
2
Q
change - however
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- 1834 PLAA centralised the control of workhouses, only 3 commissioners for the whole country
- impossible to enforce the law
- legal change but not proper change
- Oastler and Bull only endorsed the change because they thought it would improve productivity
- don’t truly care
3
Q
not changed
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- hours had improved but still not conditions
- Andover scandal in 1842
- 1859 - 13 year old Martha Appleton loses all fingers in a factory incident
- fired with no compensation
- 59,580 miner deaths between 1850 and 1900
4
Q
not changed - however
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- 1842 royal commission report into mine conditions cause public outrage leading to 1842 mine act
- banning children under 10 from working under ground