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!
— Theresa May
If you can speak English, and you can get a place on a proper course at a proper university, you can come to study in Britain.
Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.
I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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.
Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement.
Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.
I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.
I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
I was a teenage godmother.
On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.
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 will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.
The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.
What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.
I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
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.
The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.
I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.
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.
Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.
I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
Targets don't fight crime.
People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
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.
We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.
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.
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.
Local people do want to see more police on the streets.
For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?'
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 believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.
Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.
Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.
We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.
I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.
