Chris Grayling

“I'm not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they're the right thing to do.”

“This is not rocket science. If you mentor and support people when they leave prison they're less likely to reoffend.”

“I do not believe that as a country we are completely ill-prepared for no-deal Brexit. It is not the optimal solution it is not the best outcome for Britain, we will do much better than people expect.”

“One thing really important is that we set out an agenda of compassionate Conservativism. That's what I've been trying to do in the Justice Department.”

“In an ideal world, no one should get something for nothing.”

“The vast majority of young people in Britain are law-abiding citizens making important contributions to their communities.”

“Are we really going to accept the situation where the government of Lithuania has more power over our trading relationship with the Commonwealth than our government does? That is the reality of the customs union.”

“Judicial review has developed since the 1970s as a way for individuals to challenge decisions taken by the State.”

“I think that far too often we let those who commit crimes in our society off far too lightly.”

“We need to be self-confident, ambitious, and relentlessly internationalist in our outlook.”

“Government is about priorities.”

“We are concerned about benefit tourism.”

“The state has no right to cast people aside because they are sick or disabled.”

“It's not good enough to announce 'I know my rights' if you aren't prepared to accept that you have responsibilities to society and your fellow citizens as well. And if people don't live up to those responsibilities to our society, they will not be able to hide behind their rights.”

“We remain fully committed to introducing a cap on social care costs.”

“Family breakdown is blighting the lives of far too many children.”

“Whether it is kids carrying knives because they are in gangs or kids carrying knives because they are afraid of gangs, it is the gang culture that underpins the problem.”

“A short distance away from thriving city centres in virtually all of our cities, you will find areas of endemic worklessness, alienation, crime and antisocial behaviour.”

“If you stop investing in a modern road system to give an unaffordable electoral bung to new voters, then the investors who could create great jobs for them will be doing so for the younger generation in another country instead.”

“No one would normally accuse me of being soft on crime.”