I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more.

I think Britain needs to get out there on the world stage and make itself heard. And for much of my political career, there has been a sense of retreat from the world stage because of what happened in the Iraq War.

We are pretty tough in saying for example if you've got unsecured debts and less than £25,000 that should not be an excuse for repossessing someone's home.That should not be allowed.You have got to help manage people through this process. I don't want to pretend that it is going to be easy getting out of Gordon Brown's hole.

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

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.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.