National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 COLL MISC 0862 |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution |
Date(s) | : 1910-1911 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution |
Context
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.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
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".
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
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Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002
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