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Constitution and Home Affairs

Debate between Alan Johnson and Nick Clegg
Monday 7th June 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Johnson Portrait Alan Johnson
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I just do not accept what my hon. Friend has said: this is the new politics, and what is said from the Government Dispatch Box will be carried out. I have every faith in the Deputy Prime Minister and that he will ensure that he sticks by his word on this issue.

May I welcome the Home Secretary—

Alan Johnson Portrait Alan Johnson
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Ah! I give way to the Deputy Prime Minister.

Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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Let me clarify this by saying that it was indeed a slip of the tongue. The Government avidly support a referendum in Wales, but of course we will leave it to the people of Wales to decide for themselves how they respond to that opportunity to determine their own future.

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