Quotes from Amber Rudd

A national government has to have national priorities.

Encryption plays a fundamental role in protecting us all online. It is key to growing the digital economy and delivering public services online. But, like many powerful technologies, encrypted services are used and abused by a small minority of people.

We have a cadre of home-grown cyber-skilled professionals to meet the demands of an increasingly digital world, in the public and private sectors and in defence.

Taking action at an early stage - even before a prosecution may be possible - could stop stalkers becoming fixated.

Our security and prosperity are inextricably linked.

No woman should live in fear, and every girl should feel protected.

Protecting children at risk of exploitation will always be a priority, and at the other end, safeguarding an ageing population brings its own challenges.

For my part, let me be clear: protecting those in society most at risk of harm, those crushed at the bottom of the heap, those who have been abused by the very people who should have looked after them, is, as home secretary, my job, but I also see it is as my moral duty.

I would quite like to be home secretary again if I ever got the opportunity because there's a few things I'd like to do a bit better than last time.

Labour are a danger to our security and our economy and are wholly incapable of negotiating the best Brexit deal for Britain.

The public must have confidence in our ability to control immigration - in terms of type and volume - from within the E.U. That is why, once we have left the E.U., this government will apply its own immigration rules and requirements that will meet the needs of U.K. businesses, but also of wider society.

When we look at the wider picture, the relationship between the U.K. and America, I know how valuable the friendship is between our two nations. As home secretary, I can tell the House that the importance of the relationship between our countries, the unparalleled sharing of intelligence between our countries, is vital.

Britain First is an extremist organisation which seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which spread lies and stoke tensions.

I remember my daughter coming back from school one day and saying that the teacher had asked anybody whose parents were divorced to put their hands up. I felt angry but also guilty. And you feel sort of terribly responsible in that sort of situation.

Let there be no doubt: we will be tough on terror wherever it strikes.

We give parity to all terrorism regardless of ideology.

Saying we should scrap drones shows an irresponsible and nonsensical ignorance of the way we protect our country. It lets down our servicemen and servicewomen fighting terrorists who want to harm us.

We work incredibly hard with our E.U. and international partners to make the online space a hostile one for terrorists.

All terrorists must face the full force of the law.

Pervasive 'whites-only' policies and hateful narratives could not be further from the values that underpin our Armed Forces: those of integrity, respect for others, and having the bravery to do the right thing.

The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.

One of the biggest challenges for any Home Secretary - indeed, any government - is how we deal with emerging threats.

I want to make it clear that the U.K. is, and will continue to be, a strong, reliable, and committed partner in the fight against terrorism and other threats to our security.

If you can't trust your boss - or your pension company - to take care of your investment, who can you trust? The vast majority of company chiefs take their responsibilities seriously and protect their workers' final salary pensions. But for too long, the reckless few playing fast and loose with people's futures have got away scot-free.