§ Mr. StringerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the proposed timetable for bringing into force the commencement order for the remand provisions associated with section 155(2)(b) of and Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 1996. [91639]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 5 July 1999,Official Report, column 381. My Department is discussing with the Lord Chancellor's Department the best way forward on these provisions, and I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as we have reached our decision.