Mr. Peter Tyndall:

I thank the Senator; we were very glad of the opportunity to speak.budsman to

In terms of the issues raised, one could not ask the European ombudsman to come but what harm could possibly come from extending an invitation? However, as I say, there will be issues there.

I want to make one point. Particularly from our perspective, it is the public service ombudsmen who need to have the relationship with the committee so that is five rather than six. The Financial Services Ombudsman is a proper ombudsman role but the bodies in its jurisdiction are not public bodies. So probably, if I did not say something, Mr. Deering would be cross with me for not doing so. I just wanted to point out that specifically.