I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

It [selecting as many candidates as possible] is also advantageous for the [Conservative] Party because it helps us to build a base in those areas where we have not in, recent times, been as active as we'd have liked. It means that opposing parties don't get a free run but are challenged to prove themselves to voters.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest and I believe it's important in the US national interest

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.