What we are doing is what the Joint Committee itself recommended. The Government not only accepted its recommendation that appointed Members should be able to combine membership with a role outside the House, but have extended that principle to elected Members.
House of Lords Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Nick Clegg
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 July 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on House of Lords Reform Bill.
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2012-13
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