We have outstanding schools, world-class teaching and inspirational leadership across the country.
I voted Remain, but I also believe in democracy. The 2016 referendum was the largest popular vote in the U.K.'s history and it cannot be ignored.
Shining a light on issues like the gender pay gap and whether firms are imposing and meeting targets is how diversity gets pushed up the priority lists of boards. Greater transparency allows for more effective scrutiny.
The reason I love my job as education secretary is that it's all about the future. Everything I and my department do is about investing in the next generation, helping them to build on our generation's success, learn from our mistakes and giving them the tools to build a more successful and prosperous country.
One of the golden rules of politics is that if your opponent is attacking you personally then they are rattled.
We must ensure that girls do not close off career paths by limiting the subjects that they study - this is why continuing to study science, technology, engineering, and maths is so important.
I think sometimes people will look at the 'X Factor' winners or they will look at reality TV shows and they will think actually you can have instant success, fame, money overnight.
I want to build a reputation as the Treasury Select Committee chairman, as somebody who asks tough questions, listens and looks into what people want us to look into, and asks those questions without fear or favour.
One of the roles of the Treasury committee is to look under the bonnet of the financial services sector to shine a light on any of its shortcomings.
Lord Ashcroft's 2005 report 'Smell the Coffee' made uncomfortable reading for the Conservatives.
We hear some people talk about the nanny state and, actually, we don't want to be telling people how to bring up their children, or how to be parents.
Often parents themselves will not have liked education and may not have done well in education. But actually we need to explain to them what education can do for children.
Sadly, Isis are extremely intolerant of homosexuality.
When I go in and talk to students about being a Member of Parliament, I say to them it took me 21 years from joining the Conservative Party as a 16-year-old to being elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in Loughborough. It's a long journey, but the rewards when you get there, the feeling of accomplishment is huge.
We have seen at first hand that upholding the Good Friday Agreement while also avoiding a hard border in Ireland is the key to unblocking the Brexit logjam.
Leaving the E.U. with no deal means Britain would default to World Trade Organisation rules with our biggest trading partner.
I don't subscribe to this view that the far-right is somehow in control of the Conservative party from top to toe.
Actions speak a whole lot louder than President Trump's words and tweets.
Those who think that Brexit offers an opportunity to move to some low tax, almost off-shore de-regulatory haven don't seem to care about the threat posed by Corbyn.
We are trying to make sure the online world is as safe and secure as the offline world.
