Quotes from 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.

My kids are a huge part of my life.

I want to live in Britain with a sense of humour - where there are no groups whose life choices are 'above' criticism.

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.

We can demonstrate to the world that the U.K. remains a beacon for opportunity, fairness, and democratic leadership.

This is, after all, the country that gave the world the rule of law, parliamentary democracy, the right to own property, the English language, and the free market... we are a remarkable people, and we have so much more to give.

We must give young people and others who cannot find a job a direct and clear incentive to create one for themselves by starting a business.

For many parents - myself included - I would be extremely happy for my children to grow up finding that their LGBT classmates are exactly the same as them.

I believed in a number of the E.U.'s core values - the promotion of peace, global trading opportunities, and the values of freedom and democracy. These are areas in which our great country leads the world.

I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.

Along with 'normal' people in this country, I'm sick and tired of political correctness.

What I think we should be doing is refocusing all the prevention budgets, all the money spent on teen gangs and young offenders, on conception to age two at a rate of 2% a year.

Transparency will be at the heart of everything I do - it's what parliament expects, and it's what the public deserves.

I have a passion for support for new families, which Boris Johnson shares.

One of my own kids was in a class with a friend who had two mums, and that was absolutely normal right from a very young age. I think it's important that we absolutely accept equality in every area whilst at the same time respecting that parents may have concerns about how young their children are when they become aware of these things.

As leader of the House, I seek to do exactly that, treating all members of Parliament with courtesy and respect.

I know what we need to get done to leave the E.U. in a smooth fashion - and I also know that we do not need is a lengthy extension.

I would like to pilot a government-led scheme, alongside Help to Buy, to offer a loan to young people on a reasonable income to be able to pay the deposit on a new home and then swap their high rents for a mortgage and actually have a place of their own.

I truly believe in the bright future that awaits us once we leave the E.U.

My real passion is social justice, resolving the lack of empowerment, the lack of skills, the fact that young people can't get on the housing ladder, they feel they can't have a decent job, they feel they aren't in control of their lives.

I want to live in a Britain where there is a shared belief in freedom and democracy, and equal rights for men and women.

Ed Timpson is a fantastic minister for early intervention, and Liz Truss is a fantastic minister for Sure Start.

If I was prime minister, there would be absolutely zero risk that Brexit wouldn't happen.

The government believes that we will need to take the step of enshrining the Paris goal for net zero emissions in U.K. law. The question is not whether but how we do it.