Quotes from Luciana Berger

Members of the workforce must feel valued.

We should aim for every workplace to be a place which encourages good mental health.

The point of a mental health first aider is to be a champion for good mental health in the workplace, to provide a safe port-of-call for anyone wanting to talk about their mental health, and to offer signposting to available expert advice and professional services.

The Liberal Democrats are unequivocal in wanting to stop Brexit and are committed to securing Britain's future as a tolerant, open and inclusive society.

Culture is a reflection of values.

Decent people must refuse to back Corbyn and his candidates.

In the Independent Group, we have the seeds of a new political movement that can reinvent our broken politics and provide a home to people who are politically homeless.

Performers put their heart and soul into their art, and can be subject to highly personal attacks and criticism. The tone and language of reviews, or commentary on social media, can be bruising and severe. Everyone is a critic. All of this adds to the stress and anxiety suffered by people in the performing arts.

Many of us grew up with colourful characters such as Tony the Tiger, Coco the Monkey and Ronald McDonald. These figures were designed to market products - from sugary breakfast cereals to hamburgers - to children.

Despite being commonplace, too many people with mental health problems still face stigma, prejudice and discrimination.

When I was selected as a Labour council candidate in 2009, people publicly challenged how I could possibly represent anyone from the Bengali community because of my faith and since my selection and election as the member of parliament for Liverpool, Wavertree, I have received a torrent of anti-Semitic abuse.

Most people who rely on food banks are there through no fault of their own.

Mental health first aiders are not designed to replace mental health professionals, or to provide services on the cheap, any more than current first aiders replace paramedics or heart surgeons.

All too easily I have had people dismiss food poverty as an affliction of the workless and idle, insinuating that it is a way of life only for those who choose it. Yet the reality couldn't be more different.

If you don't support people with mental illnesses they are more likely to develop a physical illness too and that is challenging.

To resign from the front bench is not a decision to be taken lightly.

We remain a country where a young person's chance of fulfilling their potential rests on the vagaries of where they were born and what their parents do, rather than their innate talent and ambition.

Young people need the serenity that comes from a stable home, safe streets, regular income, opportunities for travel and study, affordable transport, and a real stake in the future.

One of our ambitions as independents is to alter our political culture. We want to leave behind the bullying, intimidation and tribalism.

There are laws in this country to protect everyone and that includes the Jewish community.

The fact that some people are not as able to communicate concerns about their care must never mean that any less attention is paid to their treatment - or their death.

No one anticipated the SNP wiping out Labour in Scotland in 2015.

One anti-Semitic member of the Labour party is one member too many.

I am anxious that, in some areas, changes across Government departments are making things worse for our nation's mental health.