COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS BILL 1988
THE CHIEF SECRETARY moved the Second Reading of : 'A Bill to make provision for the appointment, powers and functions of a Commissioner to investigate complaints concerning administrative actions taken on behalf of the Government or public authorities, and for purposes connected therewith.
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I move that the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints Bill 1988 be read a second time.
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On 8 April last year. following a period of
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Redress of Grievances, I said in this Council that the Government agreed in principle with the majority view that an independent authority should be established to deal with complaints alleging maladministration, and I undertook to bring forward definitive proposals for further public discussion. These proposals were brought forward in the form of a White Bill, the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints Bill 1987, which was published for public discussion on 30 October 1987. During the consultation on the White Bill which ended last December, we received
received 24 written submissions from groups and individuals, including the minutes of four Area Committee meetings; we also took note of the opinions of some 30 groups and individuals as reported in the press, as the
the editorial views of various newspapers
periodicals.
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