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Debate between Nia Griffith and Emma Lewell-Buck(11 months ago)
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Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
Dame Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab)
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Nia Griffith and Emma Lewell-Buck(10 years ago)
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Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab)
4. What the Government’s policy is on a constitutional convention.
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
7. What the Government’s policy is on a constitutional convention.
The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg)
I have made clear my support for a constitutional convention to ensure that a new constitutional settlement is robust, fair and engages the public. It is clear, especially in the wake of the Scottish referendum and the ongoing work of the Smith commission, that our current constitutional settlement needs root and branch reform, but it must come from the bottom up and be based on the views of the voters, not politicians. I very much hope that we will be able to secure cross-party agreement for a full constitutional convention in the near future.