Nick Boles

“We don't celebrate England, and being English, enough.”

“George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith unveiled reforms to our benefits system that will give everyone an incentive to work.”

“Of course Margaret Thatcher was a remarkable and strong-willed figure but she was also a pragmatist, just as ready to upset her right wing as Tony Blair has been to upset his left wing.”

“E.U. migrants claiming child benefit in the U.K. should be required to provide evidence that their children are resident in the U.K. and this should be checked on a regular basis. This approach should be firmly enforced and defended in the courts, if necessary.”

“The Conservative Party will only win office on its own when it has established beyond doubt its commitment to the advance of freedom and found the courage to stake its claim as the party that all liberals should vote for.”

“Private sector suppliers have been the source of long-term care for the elderly and terminally ill for a very long time without any obvious bad effects on the quality of the service provided or the morale of those working in this sector.”

“There is a force in British politics that explains the rise and fall of political parties. It determines the outcome of elections and the trajectory of careers. It has earned the trust of the people far more frequently than any political brand. But it is restless. Claimed by almost everyone in politics, it chains itself to none.”

“The desire to control immigration was one of the main motivations for Leave voters.”

“I'm interested in anything that can provide a reasonable Brexit deal that everybody can live with and everybody can see some merit in.”

“Putting an end to poor quality apprenticeship training lies at the heart of our reforms of apprenticeships.”

“The usual objection to printing money to pay for government spending is that it will unleash inflation. That would be true if the spending being financed were increasing the overall level of demand in the economy, and if markets expected the government to resort to monetary financing as a matter of course.”

“I went on to vote with Theresa May and David Davis in every division on the Withdrawal Act that repeals our membership of the European Union. I am implacably opposed to a second referendum, which is simply designed to overturn the result of the first.”

“I had this total horror of the idea that I might lose my mental faculties before being able to make a choice about treatment and when and how and where I wanted to die.”

“In 1807, Britain led the way in abolishing the global slave trade. In 2015, Theresa May built on that historic achievement with another fine reform, the Modern Slavery Act. We didn't need the E.U. for either.”

“Although I voted Remain and was bitterly disappointed when we lost, early the morning after the referendum I sent a tweet saying, 'The people I work for have made a momentous decision. I advised against it. But they call the shots and I will now do everything I can to make a success of it.'”

“I don't think we have done enough to reassure people about the motives behind economic liberation, that we genuinely believe that you will get better health services or housing or whatever, rather than that our mates who work for private equity will make a ton of money.”

“Norway Plus offers immediate advantages. We would be in the single market but outside the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. We would be outside of the common agricultural and fisheries policies - able to operate as an independent coastal state.”

“With no variety in course prices, it is hard for British students to shop around in the U.K. The government should give them the information to do so.”

“Parliament will never accept that the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should be held at the mercy of a Damoclean sword wielded by the E.U.”

“As his former chief of staff, I can't imagine Boris Johnson felt very comfortable telling the British people to 'stay at home.' But when he finally issued this clear instruction, his popularity went up.”