Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.

Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.