We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

You also want to look at how the tax system encourages and rewards pension saving. I have set as an ambition reversing the effects of Gordon Brown's tax raid which heralded the beginning of the age of responsibility. We are looking at some very specific tax measures on how we can encourage saving.

[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.

China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.

We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.

I'm not saying "job done" but I am actually pretty confident that Britain can be one of the biggest winners from these big global changes that are taking place and indeed become the richest of the major economies in the world in this coming generation.