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Part of House of Lords Reform Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:38 pm on 9 July 2012.

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Photo of Nick Clegg Nick Clegg The Deputy Prime Minister , Lord President of the Council (Privy Council Office), Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 3:38, 9 July 2012

As the hon. Gentleman knows, the European Commission has no right to adopt legislation. If he applied part of his well-renowned fervour against unelected bureaucrats in Brussels to unelected peers in the House of Lords, we would make a considerable progress.

Ultimately, the primacy of the Commons will remain grounded in our conventions and absolutely guaranteed by our laws.

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Gawain Towler
Posted on 10 Jul 2012 1:31 pm (Report this annotation)

The question was initiate, not adopt. Clegg knows this, and refuses to answer the question.