“Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.”

As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.

Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.

I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.

Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.

I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.

Kitchen-table start-ups and local entrepreneurs will find they have major new opportunities opened to them, as they gain easier and quicker access for their goods and services into one of the world’s largest markets.

I want people to buy British because it’s the tastiest food and the most exciting food.

I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.

I think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.

It’s vital to our economic mission that we fight vested interests, and make sure our country’s opportunities are open to everyone – big or small, north or south, man or woman.

I’m proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit plans.

Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.

I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.

All of us in Parliament now have a responsibility to get on with the process of leaving the EU and securing a more prosperous future for Britain as an open, global, trading nation.

It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.

In order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.

I offer myself as a leader to the people of this country because I think they’re looking for solutions, not lawyers arguing over laws or entertainers throwing out sound bites that draw media attention. We need to solve the problem.

Far too many young people are living in their parents’ basements, and I think it is important for people to have hope and a vision things can be different.

You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.