HC Deb 05 November 1973 vol 863 c73W
Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what Northern Ireland orders it is intended to introduce in the present Session of Parliament.

Mr. Peter Mills

My right hon. Friend hopes that his discussions with the political parties in Northern Ireland will enable him at an early date to lay before Parliament draft orders relating to the devolution of legislative powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Orders relating to local government reorganisation and appropriation will be laid before the Christmas Recess.

It is not possible at this stage to forecast what other orders may need to be laid at Westminster this Session.