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.

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

We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.

I would also like to see children aged between 11 and 18 taught financial education in a structured way in schools. I would also say that that is not enough. You have also got to improve numeracy skills, mathematical skills in schools.

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

The Foreign Office is a very important arm of the British state and I think Britain has a fantastic diplomatic service. We are the only country in the world spending 2% of our national income on defence and 0.7% of our national income on aid. We are the only country in the world doing both of those things.