These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?

Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.

What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United States and the United States authorities.

I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

I was a teenage godmother.

Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.

I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works for everyone whatever their background.