What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.