Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.

Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that's been visited on our businesses.

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

There should be no "means of communication" which "we cannot read".

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.

Government has the power to help improve well-being