...in just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.

This is a Budget for Britain's future to secure fairness for each child and invest in every child

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Our mission is, in truth, historic and world changing - to build, over the next fifty years and beyond, a global low carbon economy. And it is not overdramatic to say that the character and course of the coming century will be set by how we measure up to this challenge

Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that Pakistan is even more committed to fighting this menace

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.