Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Karen Lumley Excerpts
Tuesday 12th February 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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They are Labour cuts in Newcastle, which if I read the newspapers this morning, I see that the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) is intervening to stop in a shameless act of political opportunism and cynicism. The Labour party in Newcastle is closing every single arts and cultural institution, which other non-Labour councils are not doing, and simply pointing the finger of blame at the coalition Government. When is the Labour party going to start taking responsibility for the mess that it created in the first place?

Karen Lumley Portrait Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)
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T6. Will the Deputy Prime Minister tell me why he thinks that a vote in Wrexham is worth more than a vote in Redditch?

Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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I do not. That is why we have not repealed the legislation on boundaries. For all the reasons that the hon. Lady is familiar with, we will not be proceeding with that change during the course of this Parliament.