We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opp…

- Tessa Jowell

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

- Tessa Jowell

The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

- Tessa Jowell

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

- Tessa Jowell

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.

- Tessa Jowell

I could not be more determined and robust about this. I want more children to play cricket and to have the chance to compete. I want them playing on …

- Tessa Jowell

The BBC's aim, along with schools, libraries and literacy groups, to involve more people in reading groups is an exciting idea and one that I hope wi…

- Tessa Jowell

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

- Tessa Jowell

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

- Tessa Jowell