It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy.

We need to face the fact that we need more money in order to deliver Jeremy Hunt's absolutely correct drive to guarantee even better standards of care.

The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.