The Disabled Children (Family Support) Bill was rejected on costgrounds, but junior children's minister Parmjit Dhanda promised tointroduce a public service agreement target on disabled children'sservices and guidance on short-break services (Children Now, 26February-6 March).
He also said the Government would introduce its policy proposals onshort breaks as part of its spending review.
Francine Bates, the chief executive of Contact a Family, which isinvolved in the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign, said: "100,000families will not now be benefiting from provisions in our Bill. So wewill be pressing Government to deliver."
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