§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received the report of the review of the local government ombudsman; and when he expects to publish it. [11098]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordFollowing completion of the first stage of his financial, management and policy review of the Commission for Local Administration in England, Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield presented his report to my right hon. Friend and to the chairman of the commission on 30 November 1995. The report is now being carefully considered by Ministers and by the commission and it will be published for wider consideration in due course.