Ann Abraham welcomes Public Administration Select Committee's call for reforms
09 December 2009
Press release 09/12
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, has welcomed today’s Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) report 
and its recommendations regarding the removal of the ‘MP filter’ and ensuring Parliamentary debate when the Government has failed to remedy injustice caused by maladministration.
Ann Abraham said:
'The removal of the ‘MP filter’ would not diminish the importance of my relationship with Parliament, but it would significantly improve the public’s access to the Ombudsman’s services and so I welcome PASC’s call for its removal'
Ensuring Parliamentary debate of my reports, when the Government has failed to remedy injustice caused by maladministration, can only strengthen Parliament’s relationship with its Ombudsman.'
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Note to editors:
- Ann Abraham holds the post of UK Parliamentary Ombudsman and is also Health Service Ombudsman for England. She is appointed by the Crown and is completely independent of Government and the NHS. Her role is to provide a service to the public by undertaking independent investigations into complaints that government departments, a range of other public bodies in the UK, and the NHS in England, have not acted properly or fairly or have provided a poor service. There is no charge for using the Ombudsman’s services.
- For other media enquiries please contact the PHSO Press Office on 0300 061 4996.
