asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements have been made to appoint a Northern Ireland successor to Mr. C. M. Clothier Q.C. as Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

The posts of Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints have been held on a temporary basis by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, Mr. C. M. Clothier QC, since the retirement of Mr. Stephen McGonagle on 31 December 1979. The Queen has approved the appointment of Mr. T. H. Kernohan CBE, at present director of the Northern Ireland Engineering Employers' Association, to succeed him in both posts from 1 July this year.