(in the UK) an official appointed to investigate complaints by individuals against public authorities.
Also called "the Ombudsman"
Example sentencesExamples
- The learned Judge [Owen J] said that this was not a judicial but a purely administrative matter and told me to go to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
- In 1967 a Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration was established in Britain; the Commissioner is appointed by the Crown but is the servant of the House of Commons.
- Section 1 provides, For the purpose of conducting investigations… there shall be appointed a Commissioner, to be known as the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
- Thirdly, cases of this kind could have been dealt with by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, provided that a Member of Parliament referred the case to him.
- The Commissioner's reports are considered by the House of Commons Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.