I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

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

You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.

Because my parents took a risk on me not knowing a thing about me.They believed that in everyone there is potential - that by believing in someone, loving them, nurturing them, you can bring out that potential.

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 will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.