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Oral Answers to Questions

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts
Tuesday 30th November 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that the coalition Government are breaking new ground along European lines? Might we send a message to the rest of Europe that actually we do believe in coalition Government in this country?

Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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I certainly agree that in other democracies in Europe and elsewhere the idea of two parties compromising with each other in the national interest is considered to be a good thing. Only backward-looking Opposition Members regard every compromise as a betrayal.