I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil.

If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.

The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

The ability to choose who governs us, and the freedom to change laws we do not like, were secured for us in the past by radicals and liberals who took power from unaccountable elites and placed it in the hands of the people.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

I have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself.

I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement.