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Parliamentary Debates
Foreign Affairs
50 speeches (21,456 words)
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I will not reveal what Nick Clegg said to me privately when we were pushing for 0.7%, as that would be - Link to Speech

Israel and Gaza
101 speeches (8,505 words)
Tuesday 19th December 2023 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) the destitution and despair of the Gaza Strip.”That was written by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick - Link to Speech

Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
58 speeches (37,857 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 21st November 2023 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I always said to my Deputy Prime Minister, partner and friend Nick Clegg that his party would feel the - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
133 speeches (9,448 words)
Wednesday 19th July 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Michael Fabricant (CON - Lichfield) Friend reassured by the comments made by Nick Clegg this morning, while representing Meta, that AI at - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
124 speeches (29,699 words)
Committee stage: Part 2
Wednesday 7th June 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) limits.It was a great part of our history when the Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition Government, Nick - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
115 speeches (24,213 words)
Committee stage: Part 1
Wednesday 24th May 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) Communications Bill, as we heard earlier in the debate, but also by the coalition Government and by Nick - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
134 speeches (9,312 words)
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) In 2010, David Cameron convinced Nick Clegg to adopt his pledge on university tuition fees. - Link to Speech
2: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) Conservatives do not believe in abolishing tuition fees, and of course the Labour party, now having its own Nick - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
211 speeches (50,778 words)
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (day 2)
Tuesday 28th March 2023 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) David Cameron was convinced and was supported by, yes, Nick Clegg and—she is no longer in her place—the - Link to Speech

Social Mobility
38 speeches (9,576 words)
Tuesday 21st March 2023 - Westminster Hall
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) There was also a Cabinet Sub-Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, focusing on social - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
123 speeches (48,889 words)
Wednesday 15th March 2023 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) The then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, claimed about 10 years ago that it was not worth doing them - Link to Speech

Cabinet Manual: Revision (Constitution Committee Report)
36 speeches (14,964 words)
Friday 16th December 2022 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord O'Donnell (CB - Life peer) David Cameron as Prime Minister, who signed it off with the full support of the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick - Link to Speech

NHS Workforce
165 speeches (32,466 words)
Tuesday 6th December 2022 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (LAB - Ilford North) It is like the clip of the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg saying in 2010 that there was no point - Link to Speech

Public Duty Costs Allowance
21 speeches (1,191 words)
Monday 21st November 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) The arrangements referred to were extended to a colleague of the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, Sir Nick Clegg - Link to Speech

Economy: The Growth Plan 2022
113 speeches (33,576 words)
Monday 10th October 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) energy, it is those who objected to nuclear because it would not come on stream until 2021, to quote Nick - Link to Speech

Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen
381 speeches (92,123 words)
Friday 9th September 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) When Nick Clegg was Lord President of the Privy Council, he actually turned over two pages of orders - Link to Speech

The Politics of Polling (Liaison Committee Report)
13 speeches (6,325 words)
Thursday 19th May 2022 - Lords Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Lord Rennard (LDEM - Life peer) late and much-missed noble Lord, Lord Ashdown, into the media room to claim a knockout victory for Nick - Link to Speech

Elections Bill
99 speeches (21,661 words)
Lords Hansard - Part 1
Wednesday 6th April 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) It was not only the Government who stopped it but the Liberal Democrats, whose great leader Nick Clegg - Link to Speech

Elections Bill
113 speeches (21,308 words)
Lords Hansard - Part 1
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Grocott (LAB - Life peer) Nick Clegg would no doubt still be Deputy Prime Minister—there is a thought for you—almost for life, - Link to Speech

Lobbying of Ministers
25 speeches (1,483 words)
Tuesday 1st March 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) responsible in the other place for the passage of the Bill on transparency of lobbying, et cetera, because Nick - Link to Speech

Elections Bill
121 speeches (50,765 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Had the Labour Government been allowed to have identity cards as they proposed— Nick Clegg talked about - Link to Speech

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
17 speeches (3,714 words)
Thursday 27th January 2022 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Julian Knight (CON - Solihull) I am hopeful of the time when Nick Clegg is not perhaps as welcome in putting his views, but is in that - Link to Speech

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
65 speeches (34,534 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 30th November 2021 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Bridges of Headley (CON - Life peer) The best example of this was Mr Nick Clegg, former representative of the hard-working people of Sheffield - Link to Speech

House of Lords: Appointments Process
41 speeches (8,399 words)
Thursday 18th November 2021 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Dubs (LAB - Life peer) I know that the Lib Dems for a long time under Nick Clegg were very keen that nothing should be done - Link to Speech

Biometric Recognition Technologies in Schools
15 speeches (8,076 words)
Thursday 4th November 2021 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (CON - Life peer) to have Facebook use it on them, but the minute the noble Lord put down this debate, his colleague Nick - Link to Speech

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
14 speeches (7,970 words)
Thursday 28th October 2021 - Grand Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Bowness (CB - Life peer) The last summit was in Kazakhstan in 2010; it was attended by the then Deputy Prime Minister, now Sir Nick - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LDEM - Life peer) It has obviously been a very long time since Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister attended a heads of - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 20th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Alex Salmond

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: David Cameron and Nick Clegg had met the Dalai Lama in secret at St Paul’s Cathedral, the Chinese

Monday 18th December 2023
Written Evidence - University of Sussex
MENA0051 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: For example, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg described the July 2014 assault that killed

Wednesday 13th December 2023
Written Evidence - Senior Courts of England and Wales
UKR0005 - UK Regulators

UK Regulators - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Nick Clegg , former UK deputy prime minister, Speech , 10 May 2010 text available on http://news.bbc.co.uk

Tuesday 28th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Constitution Unit, University College London, and The University of Hull

Membership of the House of Lords - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: The Nick Clegg proposals and the previous proposals under Labour were trying to balance up the benefits

Wednesday 8th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: Q243 Mark Garnier: Very quickly on that nuclear theme, was Nick Clegg, when he was Deputy Prime Minster

Thursday 26th October 2023
Written Evidence - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
LLM0074 - Large language models

Large language models - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: the development of safe and accountable AI systems.”52 For example, when Meta released LLaMa 2, Nick

Friday 22nd September 2023
Written Evidence - Creators’ Rights Alliance
LLM0039 - Large language models

Large language models - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: president Kent Walker, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Meta president Nick

Wednesday 18th January 2023
Report - 9th Report - The roles of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: Then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP, was unable to provide a section 19(1)(a) statement because

Thursday 12th January 2023
Written Evidence - Split the Difference
CMS0029 - Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service

Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service - Work and Pensions Committee

Found: public office who were informed of the gross misconduct of the CMS are: Theresa May David Cameron Nick

Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Oral Evidence - Ofcom, Ofcom, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Home Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Home Office

Pornography and its impact on violence against women and girls - Women and Equalities Committee

Found: going to find the named executive o r do we just fire all complaints at Nick

Tuesday 24th May 2022
Written Evidence - Children's Food Campaign
CFA0114 - Children and Families Act 2014

Children and Families Act 2014 - Children and Families Act 2014 Committee

Found: life that they deserve, building a stronger economy and fairer society.flFormer deputy Prime Minister Nick

Thursday 19th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: I had conversations with Nick Clegg about videos of prisoners of war being shown on platforms, in

Thursday 19th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: I had conversations with Nick Clegg about videos of prisoners of war being shown on platforms, in

Friday 4th February 2022
Oral Evidence - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Online safety and online harms - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: That is what Nick Clegg earns in a week.

Friday 4th February 2022
Oral Evidence - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Influencer culture - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: In the case of a platform like Facebook, that is an unimaginably large sum of money, even by Nick Clegg

Tuesday 16th November 2021
Oral Evidence - Resolution Foundation, Institute for Government, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and Centre for Economics and Business Research
Resolution Foundation, Institute for Government, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and Centre for Economics and Business Research

Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 - Treasury Committee

Found: about levelling up, the answer tends to be fiequal opportunities.fl Basically, that is another version of Nick

Friday 5th November 2021
Oral Evidence - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon. Damian Hinds (Minister of State (Minister for Security and Borders) at Home Office), and Sarah Connolly (Director, Security and Online Harms at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Home Office, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: I think my advice to people like Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Clegg and others who want to take off into

Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Oral Evidence - Facebook, and Facebook
Facebook, and Facebook

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: It would have been very good to have asked Sir Nick Clegg in person about the quote that I have in front

Friday 29th October 2021
Oral Evidence - Refuge, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Glitch, and BBC
Refuge, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Glitch, and BBC

Online safety and online harms - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: Neither had he ever met Nick Clegg.

Friday 29th October 2021
Oral Evidence - NSPCC, and Internet Watch Foundation
NSPCC, and Internet Watch Foundation

Online safety and online harms - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: Neither had he ever met Nick Clegg.

Thursday 28th October 2021
Oral Evidence - Frances Haugen
Frances Haugen

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: Nick Clegg was critical of Congress for not regulating, yet the company does none of the things 28 that

Monday 27th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Lord Puttnam (Chair of the Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee), Professor Alan Renwick (Professor of Democratic Politics and Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit, University College London), and Dr Talita de Souza Dias (Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellow in Law, Jesus College, University of Oxford)
Lord Puttnam, Professor Alan Renwick, and Dr Talita de Souza Dias

Online safety and online harms - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: recent blog post by the vice-president for global affairs and communications of Facebook, someone called Nick

Tuesday 14th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Kick It Out, Football Association, and Rio Ferdinand
Kick It Out, Football Association, and Rio Ferdinand

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: are ready for it, they have some of the finest political minds in the world working on it, and Nick

Tuesday 14th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Antisemitism Policy Trust, and Stonewall
Antisemitism Policy Trust, and Stonewall

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: are ready for it, they have some of the finest political minds in the world working on it, and Nick

Tuesday 14th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Center for Countering Digital Hate
Center for Countering Digital Hate

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: are ready for it, they have some of the finest political minds in the world working on it, and Nick

Tuesday 7th September 2021
Correspondence - Letter from Chloe Smith MP, Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution on Boardman Review, dated 22.7.21

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: In May 2010, David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed a coalition government with an agreed ambition for Civil

Friday 18th June 2021
Oral Evidence - Philip Rycroft (Former Permanent Secretary at Department for Exiting the European Union), and Professor Ciaran Martin (Former Chief Executive at National Cyber Security Centre)
Department for Exiting the European Union, and National Cyber Security Centre

Future Governance of the UK - Constitution Committee

Found: I remember working for Philip and the then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on city deals.

Wednesday 9th June 2021
Inquiry Publications - First Report - The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office

The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Polly Mackenzie, who had worked in Number 10 for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during the 2010Œ15

Wednesday 9th June 2021
Written Evidence - Jesus College, University of Oxford; Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford, and Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford
TFP0023 - Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Tech and the future of UK foreign policy - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: expression, through independent judgment™, 2020, available at https://oversightboard.com.62 Ibid and Nick

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Oral Evidence - Mr George Osborne (former Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury)
HM Treasury

The UK’s security and trade relationship with China - International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: What I, Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wanted to do was to find a

Wednesday 17th March 2021
Oral Evidence - Lord Ricketts
Lord Ricketts

National security machinery - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Nick Clegg, Danny Alexander and the Energy Secretary all sat on the National Security Council.

Thursday 4th March 2021
Oral Evidence - Rt Hon David Cameron
Rt Hon David Cameron

National security machinery - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Nick Clegg, Danny Alexander and the Energy Secretary all sat on the National Security Council.

Thursday 21st January 2021
Written Evidence - University of Oxford, and University of York
FTP0012 - Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Fixed-Term Parliaments Act - Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Found: For example, during the bill™s second Commons reading the then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stated

Thursday 12th November 2020
Oral Evidence - Fiona Hill CBE (Former Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff), Polly Mackenzie (former Director of Policy to the Deputy Prime Minister), Jonathan Powell (Former Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff), Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Former Head of No.10 Policy Unit), and Prof Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE (Former Prime Minister’s Director of Policy to the Prime Minister)
Fiona Hill CBE, Polly Mackenzie, Jonathan Powell, Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP, and Prof Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE

The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: The truth is that that was always a tricky relationship, the one between Nick Clegg and Theresa May

Friday 6th November 2020
Oral Evidence - Bristol City Council, and Derby City Council
Bristol City Council, and Derby City Council

Air Quality - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: own procurement processes, which are vital in this too.Q203Ian Byrne: I feel like David Cameron with Nick

Friday 16th October 2020
Inquiry Publications - 17th Report - United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Constitution Committee

Found: The then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, felt unable to give a statement under section 19 of the

Wednesday 14th October 2020
Oral Evidence - Dr Catherine Haddon (Senior Fellow at Institute for Government), Alex Thomas (Programme Director at Institute for Government), and Dr Patrick Diamond (Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London)
Institute for Government, Institute for Government, and Queen Mary University of London

The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: That was not in the centre of government until 2010 and it moved when Nick Clegg became Deputy Prime

Monday 4th May 2020
Oral Evidence - Oxford Information Labs, Oxford Internet Institute, and First Draft News
Oxford Information Labs, Oxford Internet Institute, and First Draft News

Online Harms and Disinformation - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: other people in the organisation by me or byŠQ74Kevin Brennan: Have you discussed any of this with Nick

Monday 4th May 2020
Oral Evidence - Twitter, Facebook, and Google
Twitter, Facebook, and Google

Online Harms and Disinformation - Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: other people in the organisation by me or byŠQ74Kevin Brennan: Have you discussed any of this with Nick

Tuesday 28th April 2020
Written Evidence - Lord Rennard
ZER0035 - Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 - Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee

Found: registration system to move to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) was one of the few issues about which Nick

Friday 24th April 2020
Written Evidence - Petra Schleiter, and Thomas Fleming
FTP0006 - The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: For example, during the bill's second Commons reading the then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stated

Friday 24th April 2020
Oral Evidence - Lord O’Donnell, and Sir Stephen Laws
Lord O’Donnell, and Sir Stephen Laws

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Lord O'Donnell: I think that was made clear by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to the

Thursday 2nd April 2020
Oral Evidence - Facebook
Facebook

Democracy and Digital Technologies - Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee

Found: I am assuming that you, Nick Clegg and others are the good guys.

Friday 13th March 2020
Oral Evidence - Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Baroness Stroud, and Stephen Brien (Former Expert Advisor at Department for Work and Pensions)
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Baroness Stroud, and Department for Work and Pensions

The economics of Universal Credit - Economic Affairs Committee

Found: This was very much in the coalition years, and we worked across the coalition with Nick Clegg and his

Sunday 2nd February 2020
Oral Evidence - Lord Norton of Louth (Professor of Government, and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies at Hull University), and Ruth Fox (Director and Head of Research at Hansard Society)
Hull University, and Hansard Society

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Constitution Committee

Found: There is a sharp difference between the two, because in terms of intention the prime purpose, as Nick

Friday 1st November 2019
Inquiry Publications - City Deals and Growth Deals in Wales - 2nd report of Session 2019

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: The then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, expanded on this strategy in the consultation document Unlocking

Tuesday 29th October 2019
Written Evidence - doteveryone
ZDA0037 - Democracy and Digital Technologies

Democracy and Digital Technologies - Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee

Found: estimate in the absence of regulations requiring parties to report digital spend).9 The recruitment of Nick

Tuesday 29th October 2019
Written Evidence - Avaaz
ZDA0073 - Democracy and Digital Technologies

Democracy and Digital Technologies - Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee

Found: On September 24, 2019 Facebook™s VP of Global Affairs and Communications, Nick Clegg delivered a speech



Select Committee Inquiry
1 Dec 2014
Funding the Royal Botanic Gardens evidence hearing
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (Select)
Not accepting submissions

Although Nick Clegg announced on 3 September 2014 that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will maintain current funding until the end of the 2015 financial year, funding beyond this is unclear.

The ability of Kew to maintain its reputation as an institution at the forefront of botany has been called into question by GMB regional officer Paul Grafton, who said Kew "faced a significant threat to its future" as many of the 125 projected job losses would be in the science directorate.

Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, said:

"Kew Gardens is a Heritage Site and world-renowned centre for botanical research and like many government-sponsored bodies is being asked to justify its funding and look for possible cuts.

We intend to look at the evidence behind Defra’s budget cuts, Kew’s response to that and the potential impact of both on Kew Gardens’ future as a research and education facility."

The Committee will consider during its evidence session topics such as:

  • What makes Kew a pioneering institution in its field?
  • Is the government failing in its duty to adequately resource a National Heritage site?
  • What is Kew Gardens doing to increase its commercial success and keep operational costs low?
  • Was the reduction in funding from Defra, evidence based and focussed on Kew’s world class research status?

Although the committee is not formally requesting written submissions, it is happy to receive correspondence via email on the matter from interested parties.

Evidence Hearing

Written evidence

Written evidence has been submitted to the Committee by the witnesses for the evidence hearing. This evidence can be found at the foot of the webpage, where you will find a green Publications portal. Change type on the drop down menu to Written Evidence and click Go to see these submissions.

Correspondence

The Committee received further submissions which it agreed to publish as correspondence online.




Written Answers
Public Duty Costs Allowance
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 25th October 2023

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 November 2022 (HL Deb, col 1170), whether they update the House on claims made as a result of the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA); when and how a review of the PDCA will take place; and how the National Audit Office is able to distinguish between the costs of paying staff, travel, and accommodation expenses etc. occurring as a result of them working on commercial projects such as memoirs, paid speaking engagements etc. and costs which arise wholly and exclusively as a result of being an ex-Prime Minister.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Public Duty Cost Allowance is specifically reviewed by the National Audit Office (NAO) as part of its annual audit of the Cabinet Office. The 2022-23 NAO audit review was completed in October 2023. The 2023-24 audit review will commence in May 2024.

The offices of the former Prime Ministers receive guidance which stipulates what type of expenses can be reimbursed by the Allowance. Claims, including those for office staff time, are then received by Cabinet Office Finance and include supporting evidence showing how much is related to the Allowance and how much is not.

I would note that the same audit provisions applied when former Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, claimed the Allowance.

Public Duty Costs Allowance
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 9th March 2023

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the next review of the Public Duty Costs Allowance will take place; who will be consulted; what plans they have for recipients to be required to declare their claims upon the fund in a similar fashion to MPs; and whether the review will examine how the use of the allowance for public duties can be distinguished from costs incurred in (1) making fee paying speeches or (2) publishing books.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Public Duty Costs Allowance was introduced to assist former Prime Ministers who are still active in public life. It has operated under successive administrations, including the last Labour Government and the Coalition Government. Exceptionally, a total of £444,775 was paid to the former Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Nick Clegg, before he became a senior executive at Facebook.

The allowance is reviewed annually by the Government. The allowance has an annual limit of £115,000, which has remained frozen since 2011. The amount received by each claimant is published annually in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.

It is not a form of salary; payments are made only to reimburse actual administrative costs incurred in the fulfilment of public duties. Generally, these costs can include managing an office (staffing, payroll and administration); handling correspondence as a former Prime Minister; and support with visits and similar activities. Invoices are submitted to the Cabinet Office to cover relevant costs. In this light, no review of the matters of (1) or (2) is required.

Public Duty Costs Allowance
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 6th December 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 November (HL Deb col 1170) concerning the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), and the statement that the “Government keep these matters under review and that the level of the limit is reviewed by the Prime Minister, at the start of a Parliament and annually”, what have been the total sums paid to each recipient of the PDCA in each of the years for which they have been able to claim; and what have been the total costs of the scheme to date.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Government does not hold a full record of claims against the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) going back to 1991 when the allowance was established. The table above provides information from 2009/10 collated from government data.

From the financial year 2013/14, the annual amount of PDCA claimed by each former Prime Minister has been included in the Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts which is published on GOV.UK. The years that have been published in this way are highlighted in Table 1. Prior to 2013, in line with the approach taken on Parliament’s Office Costs Allowance, to which the PDCA was linked, details of claims made by former Prime Ministers were not published.

I would also refer the noble Lord to a written answer provided on 6 April 2010 by the late Baroness Jowell, then Minister for the Cabinet Office (reference 311222) which provides details of total annual claims made against the PDCA in 1997/98-2008/09.

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-04-06/debates/1004064000076/PublicDutyCostsAllowance?highlight=office%20costs%20allowance#contribution-1004064000990

Table 1:

The Government does not hold a full record of claims against the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) going back to 1991 when the allowance was established. The table above provides information from 2009/10 collated from government data.

From the financial year 2013/14, the annual amount of PDCA claimed by each former Prime Minister has been included in the Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts which is published on GOV.UK. The years that have been published in this way are highlighted in Table 1. Prior to 2013, in line with the approach taken on Parliament’s Office Costs Allowance, to which the PDCA was linked, details of claims made by former Prime Ministers were not published.

I would also refer the noble Lord to a written answer provided on 6 April 2010 by the late Baroness Jowell, then Minister for the Cabinet Office (reference 311222) which provides details of total annual claims made against the PDCA in 1997/98-2008/09.

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-04-06/debates/1004064000076/PublicDutyCostsAllowance?highlight=office%20costs%20allowance#contribution-1004064000990

Table 1:

The Rt Hon Baroness Margaret Thatcher

The Rt Hon Sir John Major

The Rt Hon Tony Blair

The Rt Hon Gordon Brown

The Rt Hon David Cameron

The Rt Hon Sir Nick Clegg

The Rt Hon Theresa May

Pensions

Total PDCA

2009-10

103,812

103,812

103,812

10,381

321,817

2010-11

104,133

109,125

109,191

93,698

10,912

427,059

2011-12

109,192

115,000

115,000

114,998

25,096

479,286

2012-13

70,693

114,996

115,000

100,316

15,832

385,172

2013-14

114,765

115,000

101,348

-

-

-

76,000

407,113

2014-15

115,000

115,000

112,450

-

-

-

115,463

226,987

2015-16

115,000

115,000

114,763

-

101,911

-

21,435

468,109

2016-17

115,000

115,000

114,838

50,227

114,982

-

28,020

538,067

2017-18

115,000

115,000

114,920

111,544

115,000

-

39,524

610,988

2018-19

114,935

115,000

114,057

110,413

112,882

-

21,425

588,712

2019-20

115,000

115,000

114,802

111,457

-

34,836

11,500

502,595

2020-21

115,000

115,000

113,712

113,423

-

57,832

55,381

571,348

2021-22

115,000

115,000

114,655

106,747

-

80,083

11,500

542,985

Total

387,830

1,477,633

1,478,003

1,325,557

603,811

444,775

172,751

179,879

6070,239



Parliamentary Research
The office and functions of the Prime Minister - CBP-9880
Mar. 15 2024

Found: Cabinet Office .37 During the 2010- 15 coalition government , the leader of the Liberal Democrat s, Nick

The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023

Found: Privy Counsellors would only be exercised following consultation with the Deputy Prime Minister , Nick

Social Mobility - CDP-2023-0071
Mar. 15 2023

Found: into force, though it has subsequently been introduced in Scotland. 2 The then Deputy Prime Minister Nick

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill 2021-22: progress of the Bill - CBP-9308
Sep. 08 2021

Found: Echoing comments that Nick Clegg made in debates on the Fixed -term Parliaments Bill in 2010 and 2011



Bill Documents
Mar. 23 2022
Briefing Paper on Progress of the Bill
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill 2021-22
Briefing papers

Found: Echo ing comments that Nick Clegg made in debates on the Fixed -term Parliaments Bill in 2010 and 2011



Tweets
Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) - @LordRennard
15 Feb 2023, 6:36 p.m.

@NicolaSturgeon Nicola Sturgeon is one of the greatest figures in Scottish & British politics. All credit for resigning before people were demanding or expecting it. Harold Wilson did this in 1976, but this is rare. Nick Clegg should have resigned in 2014 before leading Lib Dems to disaster.

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Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow) - @stellacreasy
3 Feb 2023, 8:48 p.m.

My three year old is currently 'facetiming' (her words), using the mirror in the back of her reading book. She's so meta Nick Clegg giving us the explanation of why its not bedtime yet...

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Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife) - @DougChapmanSNP
16 Nov 2022, 10:45 a.m.

“Scotland has a major role to play with an estimated 25% of Europe’s offshore wind potential” The wind strategy was unveiled by LibDem Deputy PM Nick Clegg & Energy Secretary Edward Davey. Today the Libs are on 7% in the polls although in a recent graph it looked more like 3%.

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Lord Mitchell (Labour - Life peer) - @lordparry
27 Oct 2022, 2:56 p.m.

Doesn’t Nick Clegg work for Zuckerberg at Meta as his head of communications? Didn’t he used to be Leader of the LibDems who sold their austerity soul in coalition with the Tories. Bet his mega dollar share options are looking pretty sick now. Don’t you love capitalism?

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Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) - @timfarron
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
23 Oct 2022, 3:56 p.m.

? Sometimes a party in government just loses the room and it’s impossible to win a hearing again: Major after Black Wednesday, Brown after the non-election in 07, Nick Clegg after fees. All 3 governed responsibly thereafter to their credit despite the inevitability of defeat.

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Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer) - @premnsikka
21 Oct 2022, 8:06 p.m.

@Bede2Adam The exact reasons are not known. From memory I think Nick Clegg was made a special case (must have pushed for it) for five years. And he has got lucrative jobs since 2015.

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Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer) - @premnsikka
21 Oct 2022, 7:44 p.m.

@belman297 Nick Clegg gets the allowance. He was Deputy Prime Minister but belonged Lib-Dems who were in coalition and the Tories. That has been interpreted as his entitlement to the allowance. https://t.co/oGrB5TPHsJ

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Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer) - @premnsikka
21 Oct 2022, 11:05 a.m.

Former PMs get £115k allowance on top of their pension, millions from consultancies. List includes John Major, Gordon Brown, David Cameron. Nick Clegg, Theresa May and will include Boris Johnson & Liz Truss. All applied means-testing for the poor. But it does not apply to them.

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Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North) - @charlotte2153
19 Oct 2022, 10:12 a.m.

It would, in fact, have been an answer. Cheers Nick Clegg, hope you're enjoying life in your cushty new job at Facebook while people freeze this winter as a result of your decisions in Government! https://t.co/7vghOC49Oc

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Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) - @LordRennard
29 Sep 2022, 10:41 p.m.

@peterjukes Paul Marshall was always begging Nick Clegg for a Peerage when Nick became Leader, according to Nick Clegg.

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Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) - @lfeatherstone
31 Aug 2022, 8:37 p.m.

Truss sideswipes at Nick Clegg for keeping the number of under fours that can be looked after by one childminder. Ie keeping good standards. I hope that people now recognise the LibDems stopped the Cons doing their worst.

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Michael Fabricant (Conservative - Lichfield) - @Mike_Fabricant
8 Aug 2022, 8:19 a.m.

If only Nick Clegg had kept his mouth shut! Such short-termism? https://t.co/JDx9U4C8Za

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jul 2022, 10:04 p.m.

@David_K_Clark And also together with Tory rebels blocked reform again under the Coalition solely because they didn't want to give Nick Clegg a win

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Kevin Foster (Conservative - Torbay) - @kevin_j_foster
15 Jul 2022, 9:27 p.m.

@darrencowell @trussliz and I can remember the long standing Labour activist Darren Cowell having a go at the Lib Dems for a coalition, now playing the Nick Clegg Deputy role in one himself.......

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Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton) - @RupaHuq
9 Jun 2022, 8:28 a.m.

Reported today now Health Secretary he’s clamping down on fag sales. Funny how politicians champion them when trying to “humanise” themselves (The Saj gave this interview during last leadership bid). Nick Clegg did same on Desert island Discs. Not cool to glamorise smoking https://t.co/RD3QrSDEiu

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Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe) - @DamianCollins
19 Feb 2022, 4:08 p.m.

Good to join @KatyBalls on the @Spectator podcast today ☕️ I hope I’ve convinced @FraserNelson that the #OnlineSafetyBill will ensure that UK law will set the safety standards online, not Nick Clegg https://t.co/vq8HW57bZj

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Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe) - @DamianCollins
17 Feb 2022, 11:09 p.m.

.@FraserNelson is 100% wrong. The Online Safety Bill will ensure that what is illegal offline in the UK is regulated online, and enforced by an independent regulator. That's why Nick Clegg and big tech is against it. https://t.co/Fnl6QoLpiR

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Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield) - @BarrySheerman
17 Feb 2022, 6:23 a.m.

What an insult to hardworking people as the heads of banks & tech companies & Nick Clegg receive huge increases in pay & bonuses!

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David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East) - @DavidLinden
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice)
2 Nov 2021, 9:22 a.m.

…says a man from the place which elected Nick Clegg. ? https://t.co/vdirwYxkhH

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Marcus Fysh (Conservative - Yeovil) - @MarcusFysh
29 Oct 2021, 7:18 a.m.

Metaverses are only appealing as decentralised, anonymous /anonymised, & autonomous structures. If Facebook spys on, controls amd sells things in theirs, it's an Ad-verse not a Meta-verse. And with Nick Clegg as censor? #Meta or Matrix?

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Marcus Fysh (Conservative - Yeovil) - @MarcusFysh
29 Oct 2021, 7:11 a.m.

Has anyone seen Nick Clegg and Michael Palin in the same room by the way?

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Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield) - @BarrySheerman
15 Oct 2021, 7:55 a.m.

Impact of @Facebook on children & child mental health is surely undeniable? Haul Nick Clegg on right away! @BBCr4today

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Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer) - @Andrew_Adonis
25 Sep 2021, 6:59 a.m.

‘He said GB News had wanted to conduct televised “trials” of “the guilty men of Brexit”, naming Remain supporters Lord Adonis and Nick Clegg.’ Hahahaha https://t.co/koUJO4CFbk

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Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West) - @KevinBrennanMP
Shadow Minister (Victims and Sentencing)
23 Sep 2021, 2:17 p.m.

Nick Clegg also claims it's false that Facebook ignores research if the findings are inconvenient. Lord Puttnam says in response, "follow the evidence, ask the academic community if they are getting increasing or decreasing access to the algorithmic systems that FB uses." (3/5) https://t.co/vo0aMwGQlg

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Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West) - @KevinBrennanMP
Shadow Minister (Victims and Sentencing)
23 Sep 2021, 2:17 p.m.

Lord Puttnam, Chair of the @HLDemoDigital Committee says it's clear Nick Clegg is very eager to keep his job with Facebook but rejects his rejection of @WSJ's exposé. He says FB's self appointed ombudsman style committee is in the dark on big issues and may not be impartial (2/5) https://t.co/uinKRSkPOV

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Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West) - @KevinBrennanMP
Shadow Minister (Victims and Sentencing)
23 Sep 2021, 2:17 p.m.

In today's @CommonsDCMS I asked the witnesses for their thoughts on Facebook's response to @WSJ's exposé which reports FB changed their algorithm to make it angrier and they know Instagram is a toxic place for teen girls. FB's Nick Clegg claims it's a mischaracterisation. (1/5) https://t.co/QCRpBInbb4

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Department Publications - Policy paper
Friday 29th December 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Cabinet Office Records Selection Policy
Document: Cabinet Office Records Selection Policy (PDF) (PDF)

Found: Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition - Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Source Page: Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute
Document: Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute (webpage)

Found: President of Global Affairs at Meta Sir Nick Clegg said: Everyone has a responsibility to ensure AI



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Nov. 02 2023
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute
Document: Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: President of Global Affairs at Meta Sir Nick Clegg said: Everyone has a responsibility to ensure AI



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Sep. 18 2023
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: AI Foundation Models: Initial report
Document: AI Foundation Models: Full report (PDF, 2438KB) (PDF)
Statistics

Found: Learn OpenAI also does red teaming (see examples above at paragraphs 5.6 and 5.12) a s does Meta - Nick



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
May. 31 2022
Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests
Source Page: List of ministers' interests
Document: List of ministers' interests - October 2013 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: * update or new entry. 8 Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister 1.



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
May. 06 2022
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: Advice to DCMS on how a code of conduct could apply to platforms and content providers
Document: Platforms and content providers, including news publishers: Advice to DCMS on the application of a code of conduct (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 76 See Facebook account of ‚ The Real Story of What Happened With News on Facebook in Australia™ (Nick




Nick Clegg mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Friday 2nd February 2024

Source Page: Building a New Scotland papers: downloadable versions
Document: Paper 2: Renewing democracy through independence (PDF)

Found: What we have got in the United Kingdom is three party leaders – Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and David Cameron

Thursday 14th July 2022
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Renewing democracy through independence
Document: Renewing Democracy through Independence (PDF)

Found: What we have got in the United Kingdom is three party leaders – Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and David Cameron



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scottish Government-Green Cooperation Agreement and other forms of political
Wednesday 29th September 2021
This briefing provides an overview of the cooperation agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Parliamentary Party agreed in August 2021. It also gives information on other forms of political working agreements such as confidence and supply and formal coalition.
View source webpage

Found: Conservatives in a coalition government led by David Cameron, who became prime minister on May 1 1, and Nick



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
First Minister’s Question Time
75 speeches (46,993 words)
Thursday 11th May 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) On tuition fees, Keir Starmer has done a Nick Clegg and ditched his pledge to make university education - Link to Speech