I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
Margaret [Hodge] is obviously entitled to do what she wishes to do. I would ask her to think for a moment, a Tory prime minister resigned, Britain's voted to leave the European Union, there are massive political issues to be addressed, is it really a good idea to start a big debate in the Labour Party when I was elected less than a year ago with a very large mandate not from MPs, I fully concede and understand that, but from the party members as a whole.
People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
When in that House MPs divideIf they've a brain and cerebellum, tooThey've got to leave that brain outsideAnd vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.
I'm a Conservative, but I talk for the ordinary working classes. I get on with the boys at the pub, but I can also mix with Prince Andrew. I understand both levels. The toffs haven't lived in council estates; they've just known big mansions. How can they understand how the postman feels? I would never say no to becoming an MP.
Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.
Any MP has to have a proper family life, they have to have support of their partner.
For me, to represent people who represent the future of Canada and the great challenges we will face over the coming decades - this is where I wanted to start. I'm a teacher; I'm a convenor; I'm a gatherer; I'm someone who reaches out to people and is deeply interested in what they have to say. And people see that I'm not faking it. I'm actually genuinely committed to this dialogue that we're opening up, and this understanding that needs to happen in order to be an effective MP.
I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.
Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.
The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP they have run out of better ideas.
Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?
Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.
The MPs are not adopting villages; it's the villages that are adopting the MPs.
Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.
Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby. ? That's what politics is.
Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing to provide good value for money.
The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.
This is a proud day and an important step forward in the fight for equality in Britain. The overwhelming majority of Labour MPs supported this change to make sure marriage reflects the value we place on long-term, loving relationships whoever you love.
