Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXX. Scotland. Statistics and other documents relating specially to Scotland.
- Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
- Date:
- 1911
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXX. Scotland. Statistics and other documents relating specially to Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![No. of Councils, &c., making Recom- menda- tion. Expenses incurred by claiming parish in investi- gating a case : (a) After the claim has been refused; or {b) where admission is delaj'ed beyond three months after the statutory notice and claim has been sent, to be paid by Parish of Settlement, unless Local Government Board, on appeal, determine that such delay was just and reasonable 1 Outdoor non-settled relief given to paupers refusing to enter poorhouse should be binding on parish of chargeability ----- 1 A longer time to be allowed for sending notices to other parishes on giving non-settled relief:— (a) Expenses incurred at least seven days prior to the date of the statutory notice to be recoverable [1] - - - 2 Abolition of Law of Settlement, -i.e., paupers to be relieved by and chargeable to parish in which they apply :— (a) Powers for removal to England and Ire- land not to be affected thereby [1]. (6) National fimds to bear three-fourths, or some other proportion, of the cost of paupers who have no settlement in the parish to which they become chargeable [1] 14 Assimilation of Law of Settlement in United Kingdom 3 11.—Removal. Assimilation of the Laws in the United Kingdom as to removals ------- 6 Parish Councils to have the same right pf appeal against removal of paupers from England as that possessed by Boards of Guardians with respect to the removal of paupers to England - 9 No alteration in Law of Removal from Scotland to England and Ireland ..... 2 Need of alteration in Law of Removal from Scot- land to England and Ireland :—■ (a) Paupers removed to England or Ireland under warrant and who return and become chargeable within a year of their removal should be removed again without a new warrant [1] - - 2 Guardians of Poor Law Unions in Ireland to ob- tain authority for removal of English and Scottish poor persons becoming chargeable in their unions - - - - - - - 1 Cost of maintaining pauper during removal litiga- tion to constitute debt due by appellant to parish or union of chargeability - - - 1 Secretary of Scotland to have power to order re- moval to the parish of their conviction insane prisoners and petty offenders who require poor relief ; or, alternatively, the parish of appre- hension or conviction to be primarily liable apart from any question of legal settlement - 1 (18) Old-Age Pensions. Old-age pensions by the State should take the place of present system of relieving aged poor ........ 3 Information should be acquired in foreign countries as to systems for benefit of aged deserving poor 1 Present Poor Law system, best method of old- age pensions in rural parishes - - - - 1 Machinery of Poor Law should be utilised in scheme of old-age pensions for investigations, etc., in preference to creating new authority - 1 (19) Right of Appeal on Refusal of Relief. No. of Councils, &c., making Recom- menda- tion. Appeal against refusal of relief to be made to Local Government Board instead of to Sheriff - 3 No appeal to be considered by Sheriff unless accompanied by certificates from Inspector of Poor and Medical Officer - .... i Deserving poor with a home to have right of ap- peal to Sheriff on refusal of outdoor relief - - ] (20) Disfranchisement. Persons receiving casual relief for periods not exceeding one month and not oftener than three times a year should not be disfranchised at Parliamentary or local elections, provided they are ratepaj-ers i Non-payment of poor rates to disfranchise for Parliamentary elections as at present - - 1 Persons in receipt of outdoor relief should not be disfranchised 1 (21) Miscellaneous. Need of co-operation between Poor Law and charitable organisations - - - - - 17 Register of lists of charities to be available to Poor Law authorities 13 Parish Councils to be represented on charitable trusts :—• -Amendment of 30th Section of Local Government Act, 1894, so that parishes partly landward and partly burghal might be in same position as single parishes [1] ----- 3 Government inquiry to be made into all parish trusts ■ -1 Vaccination :— Expense and duties to be transferred to Public Health Authorities - - - - 20 Prosecution of defaulters to be free of a con- currence fee to Procurator-Fiscal - - 1 Vaccination to be on the same footing as in England 1 Scottish Poor Law system should not be re- modelled on Law of England - - - . i Assimilation of Poor Laws in England and Scotland 4 Consolidation of Poor Law statutes, orders and regulations ....... i Paupers should not be allowed to marry paupers • 1 Persons accepting parochial relief should be amenable to the reasonable and lawful regula- tions of contributing authority .... 2 Duty of police to afl'ord at the expense of police rate first-aid in cases of accident or illness out- of-doors should be strictly enacted - - - 1 Abolition of legislation calculated to interfere with the liberty of the subject or in any way to destroy the spirit of independence or self-support - - 1 Need of extension of Friendly Societies and In- surance systems 1 The word Pauper ' to be abandoned and Re- cipient of Relief,' or Parish Pensioner sub- stituted 2 The posting of Militia notices should be doae by military authorities, or Post Office where pen- sions arc paid ...... i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24400099_0150.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
