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Liberal Democrats call for fairer representation in Regional Committees

Wed, 12 Nov 2008

The Liberal Democrats yesterday accused the Government of abusing the opportunity to provide decent regional accountability by imposing its parliamentary majority on new regional Select Committees, even in areas where they have the fewest MPs.

Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg's speech at the Liberal Democrat Welsh Conference

Mon, 25 Feb 2008

Nick Clegg presented his vision of liberalism in Wales, calling for an end to Labour's dominance in the region and a desire for a doubling of the number of Liberal Democrat MPs in Wales

Houses of Parliament

For the People, By the People

Sun, 12 Aug 2007

Liberal Democrats want to re-engage people with Parliament and politics in the UK. We would engage UK citizens in creating a written constitution; we would create more opportuntities for active citizenship; we would restore the balance of freedom and power between the citizen and the state; we would modern political institutions to make them more responsive; and we would empower Parliament.

Polling Station

The Power to be Different

Sun, 12 Aug 2007

Policies for local and regional government in England, enabling local government to be set free from the constraints currently imposed upon it by central government. We would devolve the collection and expenditure of a proportion of taxes to local councils, and re-invigorate local government and community ownership of local decisions.

Baroness Scott

Lib Dems propose devolution commission for England

Thu, 05 Jul 2007

Amendment provides a framework to carry forward the general devolutionary sentiment that is now current, say Lord Greaves and Baroness Scott.

Liz Harris

House of Lords - Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) (No.2) Bill - All Stages

Tue, 27 Mar 2007

Lib Dem Peers welcome the legislation but regret the delay in restoring devolved government to Northern Ireland until May 8th.

Lembit Opik

House of Commons - Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) (No.2) Bill (All Stages)

Thu, 08 Mar 2007

Following the agreement between the DUP and Sinn Fein to power share, Lembit Opik calls for the ending of separate provision of public services for the different communities in Northern Ireland.

Town park

Green and Prosperous Communities – Local Regeneration for the 21st Century

Mon, 12 Feb 2007

This paper contains our policies for local regeneration. These focus on the need to return democratic control to local people, the need to favour development that is human-scale, our understanding that communities need to be empowered and the need for human-scale infrastructure.