Occupation: Member Of Parliament Birth: May 13, 1963
I say to all who are legally here, that you will be welcome to stay..
I do want to be very clear: I see our nuclear deterrent as absolutely core insurance for our national security..
The great news is we have an all-female shortlist with no positive discrimination or anything, isn't that fantastic?.
I think it is very difficult for somebody who campaigned to stay in, who thinks there will be disaster if we leave and so on to suddenly turn it arou….
If you are asking me, am I going to be sort of saying 'oh well 'God's told me to do this and do that' well of course that's not the case..
I will not use people's lives as bargaining chips..
I always make decisions with the facts so I would look to make an early decision with the benefit of the facts..
Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse, even with the certainty of a UK refere….
During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a pa….
For me what we need is a great deal of fiscal stimulus to show the UK is open for business. We need to upskill our workforce. I'm very much in tune w….
I genuinely believe the next leader has to be somebody who sees the opportunity of leaving the EU and is completely determined to deliver on what the….
I think we have muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, registry office, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified. I didn….
There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by their own grandparent….
I live in a constituency that is quite rural, there are some very successful hunts there that are abiding by the law as it stands now but who are ver….
I would absolutely commit to holding a vote on the hunting ban - I think it is not proven to be in the interests of animal welfare whatsoever..
You do not need to be in the single market we do not need that we are the word's fifth biggest economy. Most economies can agree free trade deals wit….
I want to lead a nation where anyone who aims high can achieve their dreams..
I came into politics because of a real childhood concern about the Cold War. So to me the importance of the nuclear deterrent is actually really ingr….
I think we would look at other possibilities that would deliver further passenger capacity, that would deliver further infrastructure to the north of….
The Nick Boles text is kiboshed [Mike] Gove's chances. It undermined people's confidence in him. It made it look as if he's been conspiring all along….
I made very clear at the time that the love of same sex couples is every bit as valuable as that of opposite sex couples but nevertheless my view act….