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23 results found for '"Ombudsman"' in Keywords.
Local government annual report (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Examination of the annual report produced by Labour peer and ombudsman for local government, Baroness Serota (Beatrice Serota), on the performance of councils and local authorities. Includes interview with...
Nightline (1982)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Consumer advice; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show; Trailer
Carol Thatcher presents Nightline programme with President of ABTA Ivor Elms giving holiday advice. Listeners telephone the programme to comment. Film producer David Puttnam then talks about the British film...
OFTEL role and powers (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Professor Bryan Carsberg, Director-General of OFTEL, a new body set up to regulate the telecommunications industry, talks about OFTEL’s functions and challenges. Male interviewer not identified.
Government won’t bail out Barlow Clowes investors (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the Government’s decision not to bail out the 18,000 investors in failed finance firm Barlow Clowes and the ombudsman possibly investigating the collapse. Includes speeches by...
Lord Crickhowell on NRA power (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
George Matheson interviews Lord Crickhowell (Nicholas Edwards), first chairman of the new National Rivers Authority following the privatisation of UK water companies. He says that it will be a strong...
Calls for miscarriage of justice investigator (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Political correspondent Paul Rowley interviews Robert Maclennan, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman on their call for an independent watchdog to investigate miscarriage of justice cases. The watchdog...
Barlow Clowes duo guilty of fraud and theft (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the conviction and sentencing of head of Barlow Clowes investment firm, Peter Clowes, and his second in command, Peter Naylor, for theft and fraud at the Old Bailey. The Parliamentary Ombudsman Sir...
Maxwell pensions scandal (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Des Fahy reports on a Parliamentary debate following an investigation by IMRO, the investment management industry’s watchdog on the Robert Maxwell pensions scandal. Includes Commons speeches by shadow...
Westminster want to buy back cemeteries (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Leader of Westminster City Council David Weeks says they are buying back three cemeteries sold to Cemetery Management Ltd for 15p in 1987. The district auditor John Magill said the sale was unlawful but...
NHS complaints rise (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
NHS ombudsman William Reid tells Helen Costello the number of complaints about the NHS has shot up to record levels because people are more willing to complain.