Sentences with phrase «parliamentary ombudsman»

Some use «ombudsman» as both plural and singular (see, e.g. «Canadian Council of Parliamentary Ombudsman»; some, like Ontario, use «ombudsmen»; and in French the plural is «ombudsmans.»

Also, we are inviting our guests to join us a week earlier than usual this month because the Canadian Council of Parliamentary Ombudsman chose this week to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the modern parliamentary ombudsman — the first one was established in Sweden in 1809 — and to raise awareness of the important work that ombudsmen do today.

The quintessential work of a parliamentary ombudsman requires the application of fairness principles to the decisions, actions and general conduct of the public service.

If that's not successful, you can still make a complaint, go to the adjudicator or even the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government's handling of a school closure in Coventry.

«Ministers insist the settlement is fair in tough economic times, and point out that Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary ombudsman, in her ruling on the scandal, said it was appropriate to consider potential impact on public purse of any payment of compensation.»

Their report echoed that of the parliamentary ombudsman, Ann Abraham, who warned earlier this year that the advisory leaflets provided by the government over the pension schemes were inaccurate, incomplete, unclear and inconsistent.

Incredibly, the statement rejected the Parliamentary Ombudsman's central recommendation that payment should be made to policyholders to reflect the relative loss resulting from maladministration, subject to the state of public finances.

As you will be aware, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anne Abraham, yesterday laid a second report on Equitable Life before Parliament under section 10 (3) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

Last year the parliamentary ombudsman said the government should compensate 85,000 workers who lost out on their pensions, saying official leaflets advising them on how to save for their retirement were misleading, but ministers have refused to do so.

Ministers will not be compensating 85,000 people who lost money contracting out their state pension, against the recommendation of the parliamentary ombudsman.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman has looked again at failings in the Tax Credit system and warned Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is still in danger of getting the system wrong.

Last year, the parliamentary ombudsman demanded the government compensate the workers, saying they lost out in part because of inaccurate, incomplete, unclear and inconsistent advice from official leaflets.

The government was wrong to completely reject the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into a collapsed pension scheme, the High Court ruled today.

Not exact matches

During 2005, Woolas was accused of evading parliamentary questions with regard to public calls for reform of the Local Government Ombudsman in 2005.

I am delighted that Elisabeth will be continuing to make a positive contribution to public life with her new role on the board of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.»

This month, we have the pleasure of speaking to a unique CEO and Chief Ombudsman: Kevin Grix, who represents the Ombudsman on the All Party Parliamentary Group for furniture at the Houses of Parliament.

Prior to the move, Rebecca (pictured, right) spent almost three years as the deputy ombudsman and executive director of operations and investigations at the Parliamentary and Health Service Oombudsman and executive director of operations and investigations at the Parliamentary and Health Service OmbudsmanOmbudsman.

Summary The Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman investigates around 4,000 complaints a year (mainly relating to NHS services), with around...