Coalition Policies Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Coalition Policies

Lord Richard Excerpts
Monday 8th November 2010

(13 years, 12 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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My Lords, it is very good of my noble friend to point that out. The whole process of creating the original document, Our Programme for Government, was done extremely quickly, with maximum co-operation between the two parties, which is one reason why I believe that it was a success.

Lord Richard Portrait Lord Richard
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My Lords, in his response to my noble friend the noble Lord twice said: “We have learned a lot”. What have they learned?

Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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Would the noble Lord, Lord Richard, believe me if I said that the volume of correspondence generated far exceeded our expectations? The process of moderating these websites and sifting comments and ideas proved to be more resource-intensive than we had anticipated. However, we remain committed to canvassing the public’s views on a range of issues using on and offline channels.