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" Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we thought the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not. "

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" Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain. "

" Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality. "

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" I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower. "

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" Our common realm is not and cannot be stripped of values - I absolutely reject the idea that religion should somehow be tolerated but not encouraged in public life. "

" When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society. "

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" If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference. "

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