I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment to fairness, fair play and civic duty.

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.

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.