Theresa May

If you can speak English, and you can get a place on a proper course at a proper university, you can come to study in Britain.

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented.

Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay.

I don't tour the TV studios. I don't gossip over lunch. I don't drink in Parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. I just get on with the job in front of me.

It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges.

The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that.

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it.

I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.

I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.

I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.

Let's start getting some free trade agreements started as soon as we can. We need to get on with it; we need to get a grip and make progress.

One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period.

What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.

My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country.

Targets don't fight crime.

We have the finest military personnel in the world.

We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants... access to financial services is part of that.