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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: I would obviously like to add my own expressions- [ Interruption. ]

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: I would obviously like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman from 7th Battalion the Rifles and Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas from 33 Engineer Regiment, who tragically lost their lives in Afghanistan this week. It is clear now to everyone, in all parts of the House, that we are arriving at a pivotal, make-or-break moment...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: With respect, I will heed the views of the Governor of the Bank of England on the issue slightly more than I do those of the hon. Gentleman. The Governor makes a simple, compelling case, starting from first principles. Retail banking-keeping people's deposits safe and lending prudently to businesses and households-should not be mixed up with the high-risk, over-leveraged business model of...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: Absolutely not. Of course, I accept that we shall scrutinise the Bills in the Queen's Speech and support or oppose them, as is the duty of a responsible Opposition party. I return to the basic question of what the Queen's Speech should be doing in the very little time available to this Parliament.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: We accept that the most important thing is to be credible in any plan to fill the structural deficit. Simply passing a law saying that the Government will halve the deficit over the next four years is irrelevant if they do not spell out the difficult choices. That is why the Liberal Democrats have advocated big, difficult, bold decisions-not renewing like for like the Trident nuclear missile...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I am sure that most people will recognise the genuine sincerity, as always, of the sympathy and condolence that the Prime Minister expressed on all our behalves to the family and friends of those who tragically lost their lives, not only in Afghanistan, but in previous conflicts. I, of course, add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the families and friends of Warrant Officer...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: That response beggars belief—they are the Prime Minister's figures. How would he feel if he was on £80 a week and the Government came along and said, "We're going to take £15 of that away"? This is going to hit up to 300,000 of the poorest people in this country and it will not save the Treasury any money. It took him months to do the right thing—the U-turn—on the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: Mr. Speaker— [ Interruption. ]

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: May I first say that, after a shameful year for this Parliament, I agree that Sir Christopher Kelly's report finally gives us the opportunity to start restoring people's trust in the work of MPs here? That is why we must implement the report in full, without any further delay. I want to add my expressions of sympathy and condolence to the families and friends of the three soldiers from the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I am grateful for those words, but the Prime Minister needs to be more precise. May I ask him again— [Interruption.] He needs to acknowledge first that our mission in Afghanistan is in trouble because we do not have a legitimate Government in Kabul, and we do not have a coherent international plan for Afghanistan. So I ask him again what exactly he will do if the legitimate and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I should like to thank the Prime Minister for his statement and, of course, join him in sending expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, who tragically lost his life in Afghanistan this week. On Afghanistan, I note that the Prime Minister has already called President Karzai to congratulate him today on his unopposed continuation as...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I would like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Corporal Thomas Mason and Corporal James Oakland, who served so bravely in Afghanistan—and, of course, to the family and friends of the six UN aid workers who were so brutally murdered in Kabul. The international climate change summit is now only a few weeks away, and what happens in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: As far as the Prime Minister's own record is concerned, the sad truth is that he has done far too little, far too late. Total emissions are up, and air travel is up. The Prime Minister wants a new runway at Heathrow, he wants more dirty coal power stations and more nuclear energy plants, our housing stock is the most poorly insulated in Europe—and last week the Prime Minister got all...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: In June, and again in July, I asked the Prime Minister whether he would do the right thing and break up the biggest banks. Yesterday, the Governor of the Bank of England also repeated his view that the banks should be split up. Is the Governor wrong?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: The basic failings that let the banks bring this economy to its knees are still in place. In fact, the position is worse than it was before. The banks are increasingly operating like a cartel, they are underwritten by the taxpayer, they have fewer competitors and they are now paying themselves eye-watering bonuses while the taxpayers who bailed them out are losing their jobs. If the Prime...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, quite a lot of which I welcome. We on the Liberal Democrat Benches have argued that we cannot fight and succeed in this war on half horsepower, with half measures, with half-baked thinking. Time is running out for the mission in Afghanistan and we need a radical change in direction. The Prime Minister set out today a number of conditions on which...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I should like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the families and friends of the 37 British servicemen who tragically lost their lives serving in Afghanistan over the past three months. We all owe them an immeasurable debt of gratitude for their bravery, their professionalism and their sacrifice. We also owe it to every single one of them to ask the difficult questions...