Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to make the Poor Law Board permanent, and to provide sundry Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor. |
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Citation | 30 & 31 Vict. c. 106 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 20 August 1867 |
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 106) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, sponsored by Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook and supported by Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Florence Nightingale and the Association for the Improvement of the Infirmaries of London Workhouses.[2]