Julia Hartley-Brewer : (6)

" Call me old-fashioned, but I always thought that you went to work to get paid, and if you actually enjoyed what you did for a living, as I’m lucky to do, then that was a bonus. I didn’t expect to get a street parade, complete with marching band and majorettes, just for turning up on time. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer

" While it is couples who ‘are going to have a baby,’ miscarriages only happen to women. Yet the emotional trauma of the overwhelming sense of loss and grief affects both parents. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer

" The women whose company I most enjoy are invariably loud, opinionated, funny types who can best be described as ‘blokey.’ But they are not, sadly, representative of my gender as a whole. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer

" If George Osborne wants to end ‘unfairness’ then he shouldn’t scrap a grant that enables every young person to have the same opportunity to go to a top university – whether they grew up on a country estate or a council estate. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer

" Card games are one of the best ways to teach basic maths skills. From adding up and multiplying to understanding probability, there is no better maths tool. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer

" There is absolutely nothing racist or xenophobic about being concerned about the pressures on housing, schools, the NHS, our roads, public transport and community cohesion that years of mass uncontrolled immigration has brought. " - Julia Hartley-Brewer