I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.

I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do.

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.