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.

Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service.

I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.

One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs.

A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools.

I will take all the steps necessary to give the NHS at least another £100million per week by 2020.

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.