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Department: Cabinet Office
Tuesday 20th March 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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It will consider in the round all the issues about how we manage business in this House in a more devolved United Kingdom. As the hon. Gentleman will know, the McKay commission will report in the next parliamentary Session.

Edward Leigh Portrait Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend and I are already, in a sense, married politically—and very happily, at that—but as we have so much to do together on devolution, House of Lords reform and the Health and Social Care Bill, can we just leave it at that: as a partnership?

Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is right that our in-tray is full, but, as I said before, I think it is a good thing that this partnership and this coalition is being as ambitious as we are.