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“This is why we have a chief medical officer: to set a norm in society, make judgments on behalf of society, so that individual schools or individual parents don't have to decide.”
“You shouldn't be on WhatsApp, according to their own terms and conditions, before you're 16.”
“The Conservative party's always been a broad church, and I can appeal better than any of the other candidates to the centre ground to unite the country, and to voters who will ultimately deliver a majority so we can really get things moving.”
“If you look at the best schools that gets the best results, they teach a broad curriculum but they are also rigorous.”
“Of course we've got to deliver Brexit; but then we've got to win a majority by appealing to aspirational people in the centre ground of British politics, where there's a gaping hole.”
“But design has never been a Europe-only project. The best of design has global influences. And we've got to design the future immigration system to make sure that we continue to attract the brightest and best.”
“My children aren't allowed on social media.”
“You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living wage, to make sure that the lowest paid get the biggest increase in pay.”
“I'll go round the world looking for the best technology that can save lives and improve the lives of clinicians too. We need to be embracing it.”
“So my dyslexia has got me into trouble, but I feel I can talk about it because I want to say to everyone who is dyslexic that the technology exists to help. The most important thing was being diagnosed.”
“The sign of a civilised society is how we treat the most vulnerable and our social care system is not up to scratch.”