I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.

I'm not in the business of warning people.

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.

If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.