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“I think it is right that government should have passed legislation that requires that relationships and sex education is taught in schools, but at the same time, I also agree that it is right that parents should be able to choose the moment at which their children become exposed to that information.”
“I would like to pilot a government-led scheme, alongside Help to Buy, to offer a loan to young people on a reasonable income to be able to pay the deposit on a new home and then swap their high rents for a mortgage and actually have a place of their own.”
“The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.”
“Transparency will be at the heart of everything I do - it's what parliament expects, and it's what the public deserves.”
“For many parents - myself included - I would be extremely happy for my children to grow up finding that their LGBT classmates are exactly the same as them.”
“The E.U. referendum didn't cause divisions, but it certainly did reveal them. Many people are shocked at the result, but they really shouldn't be. What I would like to say to them is, please, don't be afraid.”
“The U.K.'s climate change act was passed by a majority of 463 votes to three. That is really quite extraordinary. The will of parliament has rarely been expressed so strongly and unambiguously.”
“I wholeheartedly believe that same-sex couples have as valid a relationship with their partner as do heterosexuals. I also believe that in the eyes of the state, we all deserve to be treated equally.”
“I absolutely am a Christian, and I am very proud of it.”
“We can demonstrate to the world that the U.K. remains a beacon for opportunity, fairness, and democratic leadership.”
“Marriage in the biblical sense is very clearly - from the many, many Christians who wrote to me on this subject, in their opinion - can only be between a man and a woman.”
“What I think we should be doing is refocusing all the prevention budgets, all the money spent on teen gangs and young offenders, on conception to age two at a rate of 2% a year.”
“A century after some women first got the vote, we are upping the pressure for change to consign Parliament's legacy of inequality in the past.”
“Like so many of my generation and those younger, I have spent most of my life in the E.U., and my instincts were naturally for reform from within.”
“We had the biggest democratic exercise, and the majority voted to leave the E.U. It is our duty to make sure we do that.”
“I am a big fan of seeing more women in public life.”
“I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.”
“As an employer, we're not - let's face it: most of us don't employ men as nannies. Most of us don't. Now you can call that sexist; I call that cautious and very sensible when you look at the stats. Your odds are stacked against you if you employ a man.”
“I don't think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.”
“I think people will always do have an interest in policy areas, but Brexit is certainly got people talking and thinking and, so, probably more engaged than they would otherwise be.”