Essay plans: the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws (1905-09) was significant in changing the principles of welfare provision

the Royal Commission on the Poor
Laws (1905-09) was significant in
changing the principles of welfare
provision
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intro:

paved the way for pivotal liberal reforms

blue print of welfare state

significant in changing the principles of welfare provision

commission also had limitations which hindered its significance

“principles” —> prevailing orthodoxy and core beliefs surrounding welfare provision



main body:

1) commission did change the “principles” of welfare provision significantly

reached consensus on the issue

both the majority and minority reports agreed that serious attention and or be paid to
he workhouse system as a means of providing relief

the majority report argued that workhouse system = fundamentally a good idea

minority report argued that workhouse system should be abolished

reports reached the consensus on the issue that for much of the nineteenth century, the
workhouse system had been woefully inefficient

both reports argued that the state must take a more integrated role in the
management of poor relief

common ground between two reports helped create significant changes in the “principles”
of welfare provision

key principles challenged by the report

challenged “significantly” so that the state needed to take entire, not just partial
responsibility for welfare provision




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