Andrea Leadsom

Having children has no bearing on the ability to be PM. I deeply regret that anyone has got the impression that I think otherwise. ”

At the end of the day, family will always come first. ”

I see myself as, one, an optimist, and two, a member of a huge family, and that's important to me. ”

When in doubt, cook a Sunday roast, get the family around you, and you'll feel fine afterwards. ”

I think, as ever, with a big change like Brexit, it's awakened people's interest in politics. ”

No one needs to fear our decision to leave the E.U. We will do so carefully, reassuring our European friends and those businesses who are worrying about change. ”

The U.K.'s climate change act was passed by a majority of 463 votes to three. That is really quite extraordinary. The will of parliament has rarely been expressed so strongly and unambiguously. ”

However we choose to leave the E.U., let me be clear: we remain committed to dealing with climate change. ”

Decarbonising our energy system is not some abstract regulatory requirement. It is an essential responsibility that we hold towards our children and grandchildren as the only way to effectively counter the threat of climate change. ”

I urge the Government to look carefully at scrapping the entire burden of regulation on micro-businesses with, say, three employees or fewer. ”