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People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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The internet makes information easier to come by, but harder to control - think of the success of blogs like ConservativeHome and Guido Fawkes. I definitely think Parliament's website can be improved - perhaps it could have better access to video feed, include interactive features or have discussion forums.
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I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.
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One of the issues that has been an issue in how we deal with net migration up until now is that we haven't been able to have any control over freedom of movement from the European Union. We will have that control in the future once we leave the EU.
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Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.
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Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.
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Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.
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Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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Is the Conservative Party still the Nasty Party? I said it was perceived as the Nasty Party. And is it? I don't think that it's a phrase that people today would apply to the Party. I think that the perception of the Party has changed.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
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You have a job but you don't always have job security, you have your own home but you worry about mortgage rates going up, you can just about manage but you worry about the cost of living and the quality of the local school because there is no other choice for you.rankly, not everybody in Westminster understands what it's like to live like this and some need to be told that it isn't a game.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.
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I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.
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What's going to be important is having the opportunity to actually sit down with President Donald Trump and talk to him face to face, about the interests we share, about the special relationship, about the joint challenges we both face. Talking about the future of NATO is one of the issues we will discuss.
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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.
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I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.