Agenda item 6 is petition PE56, from Ian Cantwell. This is an on-going issue that the committee has discussed before. Members have received paper LG/01/1/1, which sets out the background. Members will remember that we wrote to the Executive to make the point about whether the assessors come under the powers of the ombudsman.We have received a letter from Angus MacKay, which is annexed to the committee's papers, in which he states that "it does not necessarily follow "that the local government ombudsman has jurisdiction over assessors. There would have to be a judicial review to ascertain that. We are examining the system of ombudsmen in the public sector. It is therefore suggested that we might like to incorporate a recommendation on this case in our paper. Is it agreed that now this situation has been highlighted, it should be taken forward with the paper on the consultation on public sector ombudsmen that we will examine later?Members indicated agreement.
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Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- Dr Sylvia Jackson Lab 2
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3 contributionsI now have to dismiss the official reporters. Thank you.
Meeting continued in public until 16:12 and in private thereafter until 16:28.
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