The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C. Mifsud, called upon the President of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Angelo Farrugia to present the Office of the Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2018.

During 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman received 553 complaints of which 313 were investigated by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, 102 were investigated by the Commissioner for Health, 84 by the Commissioner for Environment and Planning and the remaining 54 were investigated by the Commissioner for Education.

Councils are being urged to check their procedures to avoid disadvantaging people with ‘hidden disabilities’ following the publication of three separate investigation reports into London councils by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

The cases highlighted by the Ombudsman all show the council not doing enough to enable someone to use their services. They include not making reasonable adjustments to help a woman with autism to repay overpaid housing benefit, and two councils not helping a man with severe dyslexia to deal with parking tickets and permits.

A meeting was held at the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijani Ombudsman with the delegation of the Council of Europe headed by Naomi Trewinnard, senior project officer on “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe”, in the frame of fact finding visit to Azerbaijan. Aim of the meeting was to discuss the legislation, policy and practice in Azerbaijan on abuse and exploitation of children through...

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