It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.

History will judge harshly my Republican colleagues who deny the science of climate change. Similarly, those Democrats who would use climate change as a basis to regulate out of existence the American experience will face the harsh reality that their ideas will fail.

We must maintain strong building codes, strengthen flood insurance programs, and forcefully acknowledge the reality that rising sea temperatures caused by made-man climate change are negatively impacting our way of life. This should be a bipartisan task that finds support with bipartisan solutions.

Climate change - we can debate that until the cows come home, for lack of a better way of stating that. The bottom line is, I do not believe that man is contributing to that factor.

When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science.