Quotes from Grant Shapps

We'll always focus on creating a society where people who work hard and want to get on in life are rewarded.

Every part of society should honour the debt we owe those who've served our country.

I think it is absolutely inevitable that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own state.

People like me - who set up a homelessness foundation, worked with all the homeless charities, authored probably six of seven homelessness papers - don't make changes without thinking through the impact of them on the homeless.

None of us want to live in a society where people are forced to sleep in shop doorways, on park benches or in dangerous, run-down buildings.

It is often said there is a great deal of talent in the Conservative Parliamentary Party. This is true, but too many of the brightest and best remain on the backbenches.

It's vital that communities actually get something back in return for seeing their area developed.

When I was setting up my own business in my early 20s I'd get up early and work every hour I could stay awake.

If there is a moment when it is possible to intervene in the chaotic life of a homeless person, it is when they turn up as an NHS patient.

We believe that a civilised society can be measured by the way in which it treats its most vulnerable members and that being impatient about poverty is therefore simply the default position for modern progressive Conservatives.

While we recognise the challenges councils are facing, we do expect to see them match our commitment to the most vulnerable.

I've always been quite driven so it wasn't like the cancer was my wake-up call.

Our brave servicemen and women sacrifice so much for us all - whether they're spending months away from their families and friends or putting their lives on the line for our country.

I believe that overall if you want a growing economy what you have got to have is sufficient flexibility to allow that to happen.

It is ludicrous to suggest that we would ever do things that would end with people living on our streets.

I believe that enabling former service personnel to travel more easily is the least we can do.

When eco-towns were first announced we said that we would support environmentally-friendly development where local communities supported the home-building; where infrastructure was in place and where the growth was genuinely green.

I want to reignite the idea of community with a positive conservatism in which the word 'development' has a new connotation, kind of like a social revolution.

I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.

There's no reason why the public shouldn't be able to see how billions of pounds are being spent on their behalf.

What matters to every family in the country is that the cost of living is controlled.

Extra homes require additional services and councils have to pick up the tab.

Labour have long since forgotten that people work hard to pay their taxes and support our welfare system.

Labour voted to increase welfare spending again and again, without considering the effect that the spending was having, either on the people it was designed to help or those working to support the system.