Select committee inquiry
Pre-appointment hearing: Service Complaints Commissioner
Closed
What the inquiry looked at
“The office of the Service Complaints Commissioner (SCC) was set up in 2008 to give Service personnel an alternative way of raising incidences where they believed they had been wronged in their Service life. The SCC is a statutory appointment made by the Secretary of State for Defence to provide independent oversight of the Service Complaints system. The Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill, currently being considered by Parliament, would change the post to one of a Service Complaints Ombudsman (SCO). The successful candidate will in the first instance take on the role and current powers of the SCC, and once legislation comes into force, the new role of the SCO with its increased powers. The Defence Committee is holding a pre-appointment hearing with the Secretary of State’s preferred candidate for the post.”
The committee's words, from the inquiry page on parliament.uk ↗.
What the government said
No government response is linked to this report.
How the inquiry ran
Each dot is a dated item listed on this page, from the inquiry's opening on 17 March 2014 to its close on 30 March 2015.
- Oral evidence 26 Nov 2014
- Report 28 Nov 2014
What it recommended
The committee's recommendations are not listed here yet. Read them in 6th Report - Pre-appointment hearing for the Service Complaints Commissioner ↗ on parliament.uk.
Evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1
- 26 Nov 2014No witnesses recordedparliament.uk ↗