I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many.

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

I get a lot of letters from people.

Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.

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