HC Deb 04 March 1998 vol 307 c652W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what recourse is open to a member of the public who is dissatisfied with the treatment he receives from his parish council. [32271]

Mr. Raynsford

[holding answer 3 March 1998]: Individual electors can raise any concern they have about the business or conduct of a parish council at the parish meeting. Where parish councils carry out a function on behalf of a local authority, complaints alleging injustice on account of maladministration may be investigated by the Local Government Ombudsman.