§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the rights of individual members of the public to make complaints to any of the appropriate ombudsman about services or projects funded through the private finance initiative through his Department. [36833]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMembers of the public have the same rights to make complaints of alleged maladministration to the relevant ombudsman concerning a Department of the Environment project which is privately financed as they would have had if the project had been publicly financed.
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