I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese the things that they make for us.

One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we save and invest in the future.

We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.

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