Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. Appendix Volume XI. Miscellaneous.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.
Date:
1911
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    3er ian len, 2 3 1 5 4 11 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 9 7 2 4 1 3 FROM BOARDS OF GUARDIANS AND THEIR CHAIRMEN. 137 L No. CXVL—Continued. 12. BELIEF ON LOAN—coritinned. IV. Loan ri;lief should be recovei'able in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction, Loan relief system should be extended, e.g. :— (a) All relief should be given on loan. (b) All medical relief should be given on loan. (c) Outdoor relief should always be given on loan. (d) Outdoor medical relief to able-bodied men on account of wives and families should be given on loan. (e) Guardians should have power to grant out-relief on loan to able- bodied men in times of exceptional distress. (f) Guardians should have it in their discretion to grant relief on loan without necessity of obtaining sanction of Local Govern- ment Board. 13. LIABILirY FOR MAINTENANCE: REIMBURSEMENT AND RECOVERY OF RELIEF, ETC. I. The circle of relatives liable to contribute to the maintenance of paupers should be extended (nature of extension not indicated). IL Brothers should be liable for the maintenance of brotliers and sisters. (One of the chairmen limited the recommendation to brothers living in the same house.) IIL All members of a family should be liable for the support of their parents ; at present the thriftless members go free while the thrifty are made to pay ; in many cases this is a tax on industry! IV. No married man who3e income is less than £1 per week should be com- pelled to contribute to the miintenance of his parents. V. A growing indisposition on the part of children to support their parents ; the law on the subject should be rigidly enforced. VI. The poor persons in respect of whom maintenance may be recovered from relatives should not be limited to poor, old, blind, lame and impotent persons or other persons not able to work. VII. Liability for miintenance between grandparent and grandchild should be either mutual or non-existent. VIIL Married women with property should be responsible for the support of their parents. IX. A woman should be liable for the maintenance of her husband. X. Deserted married women with means should be liable for the maintenance of their children. XL Illegitimate children should be liable for the support of their mothers when single or mdows. U, Urban or Mainly Urban, li, Rural or Mainly Rural. S