What Was the Reasoning Behind the 1834 Passage of a New

What was the reasoning behind the 1834 passage of a new poor law in Great Britain, dubbed by its critics the "Starvation Act"?

A) That providing food subsidies to married women would reduce illegitimacy
B) That denying workhouse access to women under thirty years of age would force their families to care for them
C) That reducing the amount of food offered to urban workhouse residents would compel them to leave and return to the countryside
D) That the distress caused by the separation of family members from one another in workhouses would encourage the poor to move to areas of higher employment