Baroness Butler-Sloss
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(11 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
I am happy to write to the noble Lord but I reiterate: this is a coalition Government. Working practices have to adapt to accept that this is a coalition Government. That is what was formed in 2010; that is what I trust will continue until 2015.
Baroness Butler-Sloss
My Lords, does the agreement between the coalition include that one party should be whipped to vote against the coalition?
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, we proceed case by case as we move ahead. There are a number of issues on which it is agreed that neither party will be whipped. As on the question of same-sex marriage, some issues are not whipped; however, the programme Motion in the Commons was whipped. One takes it case by case and on particularly sensitive social issues we do not have a Whip at all.