Ombudsman Services - www.whistleblowwerprotection.eu (670)

To the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary / Chair of Ombudsman Services.

For Clarity - Attempt 570.

670. Ombudsman Services - www.whistleblowerprotection.eu

Dear Mr Clark and Lord Tim Clement Jones,

Emily O'Reilly's position on whistleblowers could not be more different than that of the Ombudsman Services CEO and Chief Ombudsman's.

The European Ombudsman stated,

"The public needs to know that the EU institutions welcome and protect whistleblowers against retaliation to make sure that serious misconduct or wrongdoing in the EU administration are brought to light."

Ombudsman Services do not have a whistleblowing policy and its CEO and Chief Ombudsman who is also Chair of The Ombudsman Association presides over an organisation that once insisted that to become members, ombudsman schemes were required to have a whistleblowing policy but now they don't.

Clearly, the Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombudsman, places great trust in, and has the highest expectations of, her workforce. She went on to say,

"All employees working for the EU administration have a duty to speak up if they become aware of serious irregularities in the course of their work."

The European landscape could not be more different from that of the Ombudsman Association's.

Q. Lord Tim Clement Jones, as a matter of trust, don't the public need to know that if in the course of their work your employees become aware of serious misconduct or wrongdoing at Ombudsman Services they will also be encouraged to speak up?

Speaking on the subject of whistleblowing, MEP Evelyn Regner said,

"It is a question of political will, not a question of legal basis."

Q. Mr Clark, if the political will exists in Europe to protect whistleblowers and the public they serve when the former warn the latter of serious misconduct or wrongdoing why is it so conspicuously absent here?

Not every one has the unimpeachable integrity or unbelievable courage to whistleblow but you could take a giant step in that direction by signing the whistleblowing petition - just go to: www.whistleblowerprotection,eu. You can do it.

Yours sincerely,

Steve Gilbert - Workstock Number - 510458.

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