I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support.

I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.

[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

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

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.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever.