A biography for Chris Graylinghasn’t been written yet.
“Whatever your race, colour or creed in London, you still want your children to get on the housing ladder. You still want spaces in hospitals or GP surgeries, you want school places and you want space on the trains in the mornings.”
“Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds have successful financial services sectors. There are good universities there which provide great opportunities for local technological innovation. And there are strong multinational and family businesses.”
“I'm very mindful of the need to ensure we have a criminal justice system in which people have confidence.”
“We need to curtail the role of the European Court of Human Rights in the U.K.”
“During the late 1940s, Europe was a pretty bleak place.”
“A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.”
“You can't be allowed to take away the rights of others, and then use your own rights to avoid facing the consequences.”
“The railways should be run in the best interest of passengers and, overall, taxpayer's money should be spent improving the network, not subsiding it.”
“I have met virtually no one in the policing and security world who thinks ID cards are an essential part of what they need to do in the future.”
“I don't think all the cycle lanes in London have been designed as well as they should have been.”
“If the law is wrong, it is for politicians to sort it out.”
“Scotland is a great country. It's integral to the U.K.”
“Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the E.U.”
“Britain has always been a nation with a strong global focus. We have influenced change and built strong ties all round the world.”
“We take back control of our laws and Britain will be a proud independent nation again.”
“Britain is a country of glass ceilings.”
“We need to scrap the Human Rights Act and need a balance between rights and responsibilities.”
“All too often, ambulance-chasing has been simple fraud. People are encouraged to launch a claim for whiplash when no one has been injured. Phone calls ask you to claim for accidents that never happened.”
“The SNP talks a lot - but they have proved that they cannot deliver.”
“Universities which deliver high quality research and innovation will be an essential part of that future.”