Mrs JUDY HOPWOOD: My question is directed to the Minister for Health. Will the Government's failure to provide transitional accommodation force quadriplegic Chris Cameron to occupy a hospital bed for up to six months when hospital occupancy bed rates are at critical levels?

Ms REBA MEAGHER: I am advised that the New South Wales Department of Housing had leased a property for the tenant in question. When the owner decided to sell the property the Department of Housing searched for an appropriate property in the local area so that the tenant could be close to the appropriate medical services. I am further advised that the Department of Housing recently located a suitable property for this tenant in the same area and that modifications are currently being carried out. I am advised that the property will be ready for the tenant to move into before his current lease expires in December.

Mrs JUDY HOPWOOD: I ask a supplementary question.

The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Bathurst to order.

Mrs JUDY HOPWOOD: Is the Minister for Health aware that Chris Cameron is in possession of correspondence that states that medical accommodation will be arranged for him because the fit-out of his house will take up to six months and proceed in two stages?

Mr Gerard Martin: That's not a supplementary question.

The SPEAKER: Order! I will allow that as a supplementary question.

Ms REBA MEAGHER: I refer the member for Hornsby to the most recent advice I was given by the Department of Housing.