Volume 1

The Minority report of the Poor law commission.

  • Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
Date:
1909
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Credit: The Minority report of the Poor law commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lishment of National Pension Scheme—(D) The Need for Diversified Provision for the Aged and Infirm—(i.) The National Pensioners— (ii.) Provision for Persons ineligible for National Pensions—(iii.) Local Pensioners—(iv.) The Helpless Aged—(v.) The Infirm and Per- manently Incapacitated under Pension Age—(E) Conclusions. CHAPTER VIII Charge and Recovery by Local Authorities . .364 (A) Charge and Recovery by the Destitution Authority—(i.) Contributions by Relations—(ii.) The Device of Relief on Loan—(B) Charge and Recovery by the Public Health Authority—(C) Charge and Recovery for the Maintenance of Children by the Education Authority and the Police Authority—(D) The Need for Uniformity of Principle and Judicial Adjudication in Personal Assessments—(E) Conclusions. CHAPTER IX Settlement and Removal . . . . . 401 (A) The Game of “General Post”—(B) The Proposal to abolish Settlement and Removal—(C) The Provisions necessary in the Reformed Adminis- tration—(i.) Safeguards for the Local Health Authority—(ii.) Safe- guards for the Local Authority for the Mentally Defective—(iii.) Safeguards for the Local Education Authority—(D) Conclusions. CHAPTER X Grants-in-Aid . . . . . .41] (A) England and Wales outside the Metropolis—(i.) The Relief to the Local Ratepayers — (ii.) Discrimination in Favour of Desirable Expenditure—(iii.) Giving Authority to Central Control—(B) The Metropolis—(i.) The Relief to the Local Ratepayers—(ii.) Discrim- ination in Favour of Desirable Expenditure—(iii.) Giving Authority to Central Control—(C) Scotland—(i.) The Relief to the Local Rate- payers—(ii.) Discrimination in Favour of Desirable Expenditure— (iii.) Giving Authority to Central Control—(D) Ireland—(i.) The Relief to the Local Ratepayers—(ii.) Discrimination in Favour of Desirable Expenditure—(iii.) Giving Authority to Central Control— (E) What should be the Terms of the National Subvention—(i.) It should be a Grant, not merely an Assignment of Revenue—(ii.) It should be Dependent on Local Efficiency—(iii.) It should be Applied to Definite Deliberately Selected Services—(iv.) It should be Con- ditional—(v.) It should be based on a Scale of Distribution according to Need and Ability—(F) Conclusions.