HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 c543W
Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will lay before Parliament draft legislation for(a) the establishment of a Children's Commissioner in Northern Ireland and (b) housing. [83104]

Mr. Paul Murphy

A draft Housing Support Services Order was laid on 15 November. It is expected that draft Orders on a Commissioner for Children and Young People and on Housing should be laid early in the New Year.