How Did People React To The PLAA 1834

Question 1

How did land owners react to the PLAA 1834

Answer 1

Supported it as it reduced the cost of poor rate that they were paying in parishes.

Question 2

James Kay-Shuttleworth

Answer 2

Supported the act as he belived people were poor due to their own foolishnness

Question 3

Malthusian theories

Answer 3

Supported the act as it discourgaed large families

Question 4

Overseers of the poor law

Answer 4

Supported the act as it meant they retained their jobs and status in local communities

Question 5

Anti poor law commities

Answer 5

Set up to fight against the PLAA. Would organise meetings and petitions calling for the act to be repealeed

Question 6

Strengths f the PLAA 1834

Answer 6

• A necessary update to reform poor relief which gave power to monitor issue directives
• workhouse construction aimed to reduce able bodied pauperism
• poor law commission to over see the new legislation
• board of guardians to replace overseers of the poor Systemm which was elected by local rate payers

Question 7

Limitations of the PLAA 1834

Answer 7

• Parliament didn’t say how it was to be implemented - arguments over what parliament wanted
• poor law commission took power from the parishes
• workhouse commission could only happen if outdoor relief stopped
• board of overseers corrupt as it wasn’t changed unlike the old overseers