Today, we have got more excuses from the government.

Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect.

For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid

There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.