I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government