Quotes from Alok Sharma

I am delighted that India will be my first official visit since taking up my appointment as a Foreign Office Minister.

Investment in infrastructure enables children to go to school. Investment in vital public services like health and education gives young people the opportunity to shape their own futures and reach their potential.

Our commitment to our extensive security cooperation with vital international partners, like India, remains steadfast.

The U.K. and India are vital strategic partners and we are striving further to strengthen our cooperation in facing global threats and challenges.

Every one of us has a small but critical part to play in the battle against coronavirus. From washing our hands to wearing a face covering on public transport and in shops, every time we take one of these actions, we push the virus further into retreat.

Britain is committed to peace and security, and a leading supporter of the international rules-based system.

Infrastructure is the backbone of economic growth. It improves access to basic services such as clean water and electricity, creates jobs and boosts business.

Investment in businesses creates sustainable jobs.

The U.K. is leading the way to build sustainable economies.

Eliminating global poverty will need the talent and potential of all, not just half the population.

We must remember that coronavirus is a new disease, which presents new challenges.

Too often, researchers on the cusp of a new discovery are held back by needless red tape and paperwork, meaning their innovative work cannot be capitalised on.

Educating girls prevents child marriage and early pregnancy and helps women get jobs, which boosts household incomes and economic growth. It gives girls a voice and helps them to shape their own futures.

The U.K. is open for investment, but not for exploitation.

Before I entered politics, I worked for more than 15 years in corporate finance in the City, where I saw for myself the value of foreign investment. Simply put, it is a catalyst for prosperity.

By protecting our internal market, the Union and its people will be stronger than ever before.

My two daughters have grown up with the same freedoms and opportunities as their male cousins; we must aspire for that to be every girl's reality.

If you aspired and wanted to get on in life, as so many immigrants families did, Margaret Thatcher was your champion, your role model, your heroine.

In my immigrant family we revered Margaret Thatcher. She was aspiration personified. She understood what it took to smash the glass ceiling. She shared our values and she empathised with our experiences. She really was the first British Asian Prime Minister.

My Dad always maintained that although Mrs. Thatcher did not look like us, she absolutely thought like us. He referred to her as the first British Asian Prime Minister. Because she shared our core values and beliefs.

Coronavirus has challenged daily life in Britain in a way not seen for generations.

As we build back better from Covid-19, we must not waste the golden opportunity to take back control.

One of my earliest political memories was watching the then-Labour Home Secretary Merlyn Rees on television during the Winter of Discontent telling the nation that the lights were, literally, about to go out.

While satellite operators can dodge large pieces of debris and armour satellites to withstand the impact of smaller fragments, with the need for a growing number of satellites in orbit we must be able to monitor the space highways and to gradually clear it of obstructions.