§ Sir John Rodgersasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will consider, by Order in Council, removing the exclusion of matters in respect of personnel imposed by paragraph 10c of Schedule D of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act which debars the Commissioner from investigating any action in respect of personnel matters.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe purpose of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is to provide additional machinery for the investigation of complaints by members of the public in regard to maladministration. It would not be consistent with this purpose to extend his jurisdiction to the relations between the State and its employees, where there are already well-established grievance procedures. Such a step would place Crown servants in a more favourable position than other employees.