The idea that squatting in some way offers a reasonable solution to the issue of homelessness is both false and cruel.

There's no reason why the public shouldn't be able to see how billions of pounds are being spent on their behalf.

Struggling to start a small business is all-encompassing. It is a 24-hour job that places strain on those involved. As well as worrying about your own mortgage and kids, you worry about those of your staff.

Our brave servicemen and women sacrifice so much for us all - whether they're spending months away from their families and friends or putting their lives on the line for our country.

I've always thought that the level of homelessness in society is likely to be a truer measure of how civilised we are then almost any other factor.

If there is a moment when it is possible to intervene in the chaotic life of a homeless person, it is when they turn up as an NHS patient.

Of course homelessness has many causes and the solutions are often frustratingly complex.

I believe that overall if you want a growing economy what you have got to have is sufficient flexibility to allow that to happen.

There should be a way of saying to people 'thank you very much, it has not worked out but here is a good decent package for you to move on from this role and we will support you to move on into other jobs, so it is not a hire and fire thing'; and those are the sorts of changes that Conservatives would like to see.

Fighting poverty is nothing new for the Conservative Party, but during the 1980s the emphasis placed on individualism and prosperity was sometimes seen to crowd out social issues like helping the most vulnerable in society.

Incentives and infrastructure should encourage development and that development needs to contain the right types of housing in the right places.

I went to Manchester poly for two years.

Chemo is properly punishing, and it's hard to do things at the usual level.

I've always been tenacious. I don't let go of things until I think it's fixed. On the other hand I'm a fairly jovial, smiley person.

I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instil some of that sense of being in your kids. All of that makes me seem as though I am quite observant but actually the flipside of this is I don't know if there is a God or not.

I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.

I have probably become a lot more Zionist than I used to be. Jews have a history of being persecuted over a long, long period of time so I think it is absolutely right to have a country that is a Jewish state.

I think it is absolutely inevitable that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own state.

I have always been an aviation nerd. I read the magazines.

Most people don't get the chance to do whatever their dream in life was. I have ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do and it has been more enjoyable, challenging, stretching and fulfilling than I would have dared to imagine.

We are the workers' party. We are the party of the hard working individual.

I think he would care if you were a good person, if indeed there is a god.

Before I went into parliament I used to write business publications, and like many authors wrote under a business name.

My wife and I set up the business, we were always very open about it and had a business author's name as many authors do.

Gordon Brown doesn't often spring surprises. He's usually far too cautious to deliver the unexpected.

The reality is that it would be wiser and even kinder for politicians to be responsible about what they claim the NHS will do, because the pain of having raised expectations for parents who are desperate to start a family, only to see those hopes crushed, is more cruel than having said nothing at all.

For anyone who has found it easy to conceive, it is perhaps hard to imagine how IVF can become all-encompassing in someone's life. The endless check-ups, scans, tests, periods of waiting and finally the day when you learn the result. It's a physically punishing process for the women and an emotionally exhausting process for both partners.

There is a dangerous chasm between what those seeking election claim they could do in office and the stark reality that once in power the real decision-making has long since been sub-contracted elsewhere.

Extra homes require additional services and councils have to pick up the tab.

It's vital that communities actually get something back in return for seeing their area developed.

By scrapping the government's centrally dictated density targets we'll ensure that the right type of new homes are built where they're needed, ending the glut of one- and two-bedroom flats.

All too often affordable housing can be a block on mobility and aspiration, so instead Conservatives will ensure that living in social accommodation means that you'll get a 'freedom pass' to get on and do more with your life.

As the people at the sharp end of delivering the government's commitment to tackle climate change we know attaining zero carbon status has always involved a flexible approach.

While we recognise the challenges councils are facing, we do expect to see them match our commitment to the most vulnerable.

Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.

An astonishing disengagement from reality is necessary to actually believe there is something sinister about protecting people's homes from invasion through squatting.

Our reasons for criminalising squatting are crystal clear - we want to protect the rights of regular hard-working homeowners against the damage squatters can inflict on their homes, and the distress this causes in their lives.

None of us want to live in a society where people are forced to sleep in shop doorways, on park benches or in dangerous, run-down buildings.

When I was starting a small printing shop in Wembley, I vividly remember coming out of the cinema, realising I had spent the two hours worrying about that month's payroll, rather than focusing on the film.

Businesses create every penny of the wealth we need to pay for our nation's schools, our NHS and our pensions. They are our only path to prosperity.

Business can be hard. But we need more of it.

Labour have long since forgotten that people work hard to pay their taxes and support our welfare system.

We need to make sure that people are progressively better off in work than they would be on welfare.

I believe that investing in welfare is crucial - but I also believe that it only works if you're getting help to those who need it. If you're doing it with no results, it's disastrous.

I was so glad when geek went from being a bad word to a good word.

I've always been quite driven so it wasn't like the cancer was my wake-up call.

I think politicians just need to get out in the real world.

When I was setting up my own business in my early 20s I'd get up early and work every hour I could stay awake.

We'll always focus on creating a society where people who work hard and want to get on in life are rewarded.

Welfare's just one of the problems Labour failed to tackle when they were in government.