British - Politician | October 1, 1956 -
I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.
Theresa May
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We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
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Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
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What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.
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Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
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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.
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Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do.
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Knife crime devastates communities.
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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.
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