There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.