Nick said on Sunday that he will try to block any attempt to make foreign visitors routinely pay a security deposit to come to the U.K., an idea that has spurred outrage in countries such as India and Nigeria.
"I am absolutely not interested in a bond which becomes an indiscriminate way of clobbering people who want to come to this country," Clegg told the BBC. He said the bonds "are certainly not going to go ahead" on that basis.
"Of course in a coalition I can stop things," he added.
The British Government plans to implement their new visa policy that will see some "high risk" first time visitors from high-risk" countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, deposit £3,000 in bond before being given visas.
The deposit will be refunded on departure from the UK within the stipulated period but forfeited if the applicant overstays the visa.
