イギリス議会におけるアイルランド救貧法案の成立(1)

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In February 1837 the Whig government introduced the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill in the House of Commons. The Bill was based on the English Poor Law: the poor should be relieved in workhouses and outdoor relief should be prohibited. The Bill passed the second reading in May 1837 and was considered in committee, but it was dropped owing to the death of King William IV in June 1837. The government introduced the second Poor Law (Ireland) Bill in December 1837, which passed the House of Commons in April 1838 and the House of Lords in July 1838. Opposition to the Bill was not great. Tory leader Robert Peel supported the Bill; this weakened the force of the Bill as a political issue for the Tory opposition. But some Irish members of all political parties, who accepted the principle of the English Poor Law system, were critical of the details. The main controversial issues in parliament were the administration of the system by the English Poor Law Commissioners, the size of the union, outdoor relief and the introduction of a law of settlement.
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