To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now intends to fulfil the commitment to consult voluntary organisations concerning the regulations to be made under section 1 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986; and if he will make a statement.

This will depend on the outcome of the consultations taking place with the local authority associations on the cost and other implications of implementing section 1 and other remaining sections of the Act.