The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.

I find China such a fascinating and interesting country. Each time I come back something has changed and it's moved on in leaps and bounds.

I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax affairs, and to be fair it's within the tax laws, so that they were regularly paying virtually no income tax. And I don't think that's right.

I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.

I very much support financial education in schools.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.