One way out of the dilemma was suggested last August by Nick Hoffman, a geologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne.

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Perhaps, suggested Deborah Mattinson and Nick Pickles, of Big Brother Watch, politicians should ask people first before listening in on their online conversations.

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Labour AM Joyce Watson and Conservative Nick Ramsay both suggested introducing money management into the school curriculum so that children learn of the dangers involved with credit cards and loans from an early age.

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The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has suggested a "rebalancing" of powers.

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Nick Fenwick, FUW, suggested that the views the minister expressed might have been different had the assembly government made more "robust statement" about their preferred direction of travel.

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, for instance, suggested that the better off could afford to "sacrifice" some of their benefits before the poorest are affected.

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In the email, released after a Freedom of Information request, Mr Vaughan suggested it might be "pertinent information" for presenter Nick Conrad to know that Mr Daubney was facing "a serious leadership challenge".

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The idea of moving the responsibility of the BSkyB bid from Business Secretary Vince Cable to Mr Hunt was suggested by Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood, Mr Cameron said, following a series of meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Downing Street staff.

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