AQW 46363/11-15

Mrs Judith Cochrane
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 28/05/2015
Answered On Date: 10/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development to (i) provide a projected timeframe for when approval for the introduction of the HMO Bill will be granted by the Northern Ireland Executive; and (ii) to indicate when he anticipates the HMO Bill will be brought before the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Answer:

The Office of the Legislative Counsel has now drafted the Bill on the basis of the agreed policy. I will shortly be bringing forward a paper seeking Executive agreement to introduce the Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill in the Assembly. The Bill must pass final stage prior to the dissolution of the Assembly next year. Subject to Assembly process it is my aim to have the Bill completed in this mandate.