I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.
People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel.
Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive.
I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
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.
I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis.
Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open.
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.
For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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.