Lindsay Hoyle

“We hit an all-time low - Parliament was at its lowest during the Brexit debates.”

“We must never give in to the others who don't believe in our values.”

“Covid-19 is an invisible enemy that has forced us all to change our behaviour, professionally, personally and socially.”

“In my constituency in Lancashire, there is a large rural community: parents need to get children to school and farmers must move around the area. Any increase in the cost of a tank of petrol must be funded from their static household budgets.”

“Whatever people might think, it is one of the toughest jobs in the world and I think it is respectful and it is the right thing to do, whether it is to Tony Blair or to David Cameron. They should all be offered that knighthood when they finish as prime minister.”

“I don't like bullies and injustice.”

“If you want the public to believe in you as an MP, if you want them to believe in democracy, you've got to show respect to each other.”

“You see the ups and downs of political life - one minute you've got a job the next minute you're thrown out.”

“I am very concerned about young men. We have had quite a lot of incidents of young men who feel they can't come forward who are absolutely being taken advantage of, put into a situation where they feel that they have nobody to speak to.”

“Hopefully I don't come across bombastic. That's the one thing I don't want to do.”

“We've got a great security team in Parliament.”

“I've got a job to do.”

“Democracy matters to me.”

“We've always got to consistently review what's on show in the House.”

“People must be allowed to vote without intimidation.”

“Regulation of petrol companies and the major retailers must demonstrate commitment to the motorist and the U.K.'s hard-pressed transport industries.”

“We called our parrot Boris because he's got untidy feathers and he only likes women.”

“The fact I was going to have to start injecting insulin came as a real shock to me.”

“Knowing about the horrors of the past imparts a responsibility to call out prejudice in the world today.”

“We've got to protect democracy.”