Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Tapsell Excerpts
Tuesday 7th January 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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I will raise my voice to make the point that the hon. Lady has some nerve to lecture us on House of Lords reform when the Labour party blocked such reform. [Interruption.] The right hon. Member for Tooting (Sadiq Khan) is right to say that some of my colleagues voted against it, but they did so because they disagreed with it; Labour Members voted against it despite the fact that they said they agreed with it.

Peter Tapsell Portrait Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)
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Why is the Deputy Prime Minister not answering this question?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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In the interests of the coalition, the Deputy Prime Minister occasionally allows his coalition partner to answer questions.