The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.

I love my parents in the way most children would: for having been there at every point in my youth and childhood, ready to pick me up when I fell and support me when I stumbled.

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about.

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.