Strengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.

We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards

I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.

I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.

And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

Strengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.