question: The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA), known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey, it resulted from the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws which included John Bird Sumner, was a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of where?
answer: Canterbury
context: Title: Outdoor Labour Test Order
  Passage: The Outdoor Labour Test Order was a piece of policy issued by the Poor Law Commission on 13 April 1842 which allowed the use of outdoor relief to the able-bodied poor.  The order was issued after there was some opposition to the Commission's previous order stating that only indoor relief should be used.  During times when the manufacturing industries were performing poorly this became impractical - however the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 had aimed to prevent the use of outdoor relief and replace it with indoor relief.
  Title: Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882
  Passage: Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 was an Act of Parliament in Britain which gave the Local Government Board increased powers relating to dissolving and creating Poor Law Unions.  It followed the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 ("39 & 40 Vict. ")
  Title: Poor Law Commission
  Passage: The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.  The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary and nine clerks or assistant commissioners.  The commission lasted until 1847 when it was replaced by a Poor Law Boardthe Andover workhouse scandal being one of the reasons for this change.
  Title: Poor Law Board
  Passage: The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1847 as a successor body to the Poor Law Commission overseeing the administration of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act.  The new body was headed by a President, and with the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer now added to the board as "ex officio" members.  The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board.
  Title: John Bird Sumner
  Passage: John Bird Sumner (25 February 1780 – 6 September 1862) was a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
  Title: Chorlton Poor Law Union
  Passage: Chorlton Poor Law Union was founded in January 1837 in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, also known as the New Poor Law.  It was overseen by an elected board of 19 guardians representing the 12 parishes in the area it served: Ardwick, Burnage, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Chorlton with Hardy, Didsbury, Gorton, Hulme, Levenshulme, Mosside, Rusholme, Stretford, and Withington, all in south Manchester, England.
  Title: Scottish Poor Laws
  Passage: The Scottish Poor Laws were the statutes concerning poor relief passed in Scotland between 1579 and 1929.  Scotland had a different Poor Law system to England and the workings of the Scottish laws differed greatly to the Poor Law Amendment Act which applied in England and Wales.
  Title: Poor Law policy after the New Poor Law
  Passage: Poor Law policy after the New Poor Law concerns the time period c. 1847–1900 after the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act until the beginnings of the decline of the Poor Law system at the start of the 20th century.
  Title: Martley Poor Law Union
  Passage: Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 individual parishes ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in their parish.  Poor law unions were established.  In west Worcestershire the Martley Poor Law Union was established to take the poor from the following parishes Abberley, Alfrick, Astley, Bransford, Broadwas, Clifton-upon-Teme, Cotheridge, Doddenham, Great Witley, Grimley, Hallow, Holt, Knightwick, Leigh,  Little Witley, Lulsley, Martley, Pensax, Shelsley, Shrawley, Suckley and Wichenford.
  Title: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
  Passage: The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA), known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey.  It completely replaced earlier legislation based on the Poor Law of 1601 and attempted to fundamentally change the poverty relief system in England and Wales (Scotland made similar changes to its poor law in 1845).  It resulted from the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws which included Edwin Chadwick, John Bird Sumner and Nassau William Senior.  Chadwick was dissatisfied with the law that resulted from his report.  The Act was passed two years after the 1832 Reform Act extended the franchise to the middle-classes.  Some historians have argued that this was a major factor in the PLAA being passed.
citations: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 John Bird Sumner