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

Nicholas Clegg: ...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 system, ending tax credits for above average income families and ending the child trust fund of £250 for every 18-year-old in the country. That is not because the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: ...the G8 on nuclear non-proliferation and the 2010 non-proliferation talks. However, does the Prime Minister not agree that rushing to commit Britain to like-for-like replacement of the cold war era Trident system hardly puts us at the forefront of such efforts? Is not it time both to admit that we do not need and cannot afford Trident on that scale, and to start to look properly at the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Jul 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...difficult choices on long-term spending need to be made now if we are going to get any grip on the country's finances. That is why we should admit that we neither need nor can afford to replace Trident. He is planning to sign the first contracts for the new Trident submarines this summer, during the recess when we are all away. Is it not obvious that he should not do that?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Jun 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ..., long-term decisions? Nobody is fooled by his trick of dressing up cuts as investment. We are setting out what needs to happen—unlike him, and unlike the Leader of the Opposition—on Trident, on baby bonds, and on tax credits for high-income families. There are some ideas, now where are his?