REFERENCES

Flag A

23 June 1969 (Lords)

Lord Brockway

Flag B

16 Dec. 1968 (Commons)

Mr. Rankin and Mr. Thornton

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

1

The appointment of Ombudsmen in Dependent Territories

as an additional safeguard

Should the Government of any Lependent Territory express

a wish to appoint an Ombudsman Her Majesty's Government would

of course give the matter careful and sympathetic consideration.

2.

Number of Ombudsmen in Dependent Territories

There are no Ombudsmen in Dependent Territories.

3.

Previous consideration given to the appointment of Ombudsmen

in Dependent Territories

(a) Mauritius

Provision was made in Chapter VII of the

(pre-independence) Mauritius Constitution of 1966 for

the establishment of an Ombudsman in that territory.

No Ombudsman was in fact appointed before Mauritius

became independent on 12 March 1968.

-1-

/ (6)

Share This Page