Poverty

Question 1

Tom Paine involvement in poor law

Answer 1

The rights of man (1792) a very successful book, Land tax on rich, pensions and child support, approved of poor houses

Question 2

Chadwick in poor law

Answer 2

Report of royal commission into poor laws, critical of old laws, fanatical benthenite, outdoor relief should be scrapped

Question 3

Robert owen in poor law

Answer 3

New Lanark provided a model town, if you treat your workers well then you don’t have to give them benefits

Question 4

Utilitarianism in attitudes towards the poor

Answer 4

Influenced the Whig government during their 1833 factory act and poor law as it brought good to a lot of people

Question 5

Problems with Royal commission

Answer 5

Setting up unions to build workhouses- parishes under Gilbert’s act did not and 20 of the 50 biggest unions still handed outdoor relief
Board of guardians to replace overseers- old overseers often reappointed and so corruption continued
Workhouses- slow to build
Outdoor relief continued to be the main form of relief
Unevenly implemented mainly in south
Only 10% replied to the questionnaires

Question 6

What was proposed by Royal commission

Answer 6

Each class of poor should be treated the same
No outdoor relief to able bodied 
Each parish Union should have a workhouse for able bodied relief claimers where the standard of living should be worse than the lowest class of labourer