Dominic Grieve

“It has long been noted that two of the Conservative Party's great strengths have been the loyalty of its members and its pragmatic approach to policy challenges.”

“The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement was a bilateral one between ourselves and Ireland and did not involve the E.U. at all. It just presupposed common E.U. membership as a facilitator of its successful operation.”

“Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.”

“Much as criticism can and has been made as to how E.U. law has been created, there is much in it that affects our daily lives for the better and is welcomed by many without them being necessarily aware of where it comes from.”

“It's difficult to see how the U.K. can be a member of the E.U. if it's not adherent to the principles set out in the convention.”

“All the main parties accept that the stated wish of the United Kingdom electorate to leave the E.U. must be respected. That must place on us collectively a responsibility to work together to find a solution.”

“No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.”

“Once E.U. law ceases to be supreme it is unclear how this vast body of law, which will then be incorporated into our own domestic law, will be interpreted by our own courts.”

“A Brexit with a poor outcome will damage our country and lead to years of further division.”

“Ties of loyalty play an understandably important part in how most MPs interact with their own party and the supporters who have elected and sustained them in their careers. As I know personally it is the strain put on those ties which constitutes the most unpleasant aspect of being at variance with one's own party line.”

“Whether it be the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 or the Terrorism Act 2000, there is no shortage of offences with which to prosecute those who go abroad to fight or train and who may threaten us on their return.”

“It is not always easy to balance freedom of expression with the needs of the justice system.”

“Henry VIII Clauses allowing the Government to change almost any law of the land by statutory instrument, if needed, to implement Brexit must be properly restricted.”

“I worry that there are attempts to push faith out of the public space. Clearly it happens at a level of local power.”

“It is in nobody's interest that groups should find themselves excluded from society.”

“We do ourselves as politicians no favours if we are seen to peddle unachievable moonshine.”

“A decision as a backbencher to vote against one's party ought not to be taken lightly.”

“The Government has correctly recognised that this E.U. law cannot all be changed into domestic law at once.”

“Some of the cases which have come to light of employers being disciplined or sacked for simply trying to talk about their faith in the workplace I find quite extraordinary. The sanitisation will lead to people of faith excluding themselves from the public space and being excluded.”

“Whatever may have been suggested by some Leavers during the referendum it must be clear now that the Brexit process is immensely complicated.”