The Worship Of Youth Has Diminished -

We Need A New British Business Bank With A Clean Balance Sheet And An Ability To Expand Lending Rapidly To The Manufacturers, Exporters And High-growth Companies That Power Our Economy. Today I Can Announce We Will Have One.

And Humility In Politics Means Accepting That One Party Doesn't Have All The Answers; Recognising That Working In Partnership Is Progress Not Treachery.

The House Has Noticed The Prime Minister's Remarkable Transformation In The Past Few Weeks, From Stalin To Mr. Bean.

I Fear That The Rising Personal Bankruptcies And Repossessions Are The First Signs Of Bigger Problems To Come And Personal Debt - Gordon Brown's Legacy To Millions Of Britain's Families - Will Hang Like A Millstone Around The Neck Of The British People For Years To Come.

I Know It Sounds Trite But I Wanted To Make A Difference. Political Debates With My Father Had Been Fraught Because He Was Uncompromising And Explosive But If He Taught Me One Thing It Was To Air My Views.