Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
- Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
(PCA)
The office of the Parliamentary Commissioner was created in 1967 by the Wilson Government to investigate cases of maladministration in specified public services. The position of Health Service Commissioner was created in 1993. Today, the two posts are held by the same person, who is usually referred to as the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. It is the official ombudsman institution responsible for investigating complaints regarding whether governmental departments, agencies and some other public bodies in the United Kingdom and the National Health Service (NHS) in England have acted properly or fairly or have provided poor service. parliamentary government A system in which government governs in and through the assembly or parliament, thereby ‘fusing’ the legislature and executive branches. The main features are that government ministers are normally drawn from and remain members of the legislature; there is a plural executive, in which the first minister shares power with a cabinet; and both first minister and cabinet are liable to be removed should they surrender the confidence of parliament.
In Britain, members of the government are chosen from the largest party in Parliament and answerable to it, whereas in a presidential system such as the United States, the legislature and executive are elected separately.
Glossary of UK Government and Politics .
2013.
Look at other dictionaries:
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — in the constitutional law of the UK, an officer who is charged with investigating complaints where officials are charged with having obeyed the law but have not acted in a proper administrative way, examples being bias, delay, perversity and… … Law dictionary
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — see ↑Ombudsman • • • Main Entry: ↑parliament … Useful english dictionary
(the) Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration [the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration] noun the official title of the British Parliamentary Ombudsman, an important official who examines complaints from members of the public about… … Useful english dictionary
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — n the official title of the British Parliamentary Ombudsman, an important official who examines complaints from members of the public about central government departments and certain government organizations. The Parliamentary Ombudsman is… … Universalium
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — noun official term in the UK for ombudsman … English new terms dictionary
Parliamentary Ombudsman — ➡ Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration * * * … Universalium
Commissioner — [kə mɪʃənə, englisch] der, s/ s, im angloamerikanischen Recht Regierungs oder Gerichtsbeauftragter, Kommissar, Beamter für Sonderaufgaben und Einzeluntersuchungen; in London der Polizeipräsident; allgemein auch »Urkundsperson«; als Titel High… … Universal-Lexikon
Parliamentary Ombudsman — Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration An ombudsman responsible for investigating complaints about maladministration by government departments and certain public bodies that have been referred to him or her by MPs. See also Financial… … Big dictionary of business and management
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman — The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman comprises the offices of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (PCA) and the Health Service Commissioner for England (HSC). It is the official ombudsman institution responsible for… … Wikipedia
parliamentary — adj. 1 of or relating to a parliament. 2 enacted or established by a parliament. 3 (of language) admissible in a parliament; polite. Phrases and idioms: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration the official name of the ombudsman in the UK.… … Useful english dictionary
