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" I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as an MP and as a minister. "
Geoff Hoon
Home
Both
Minister
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" I drove 3,500 miles this summer on our family holiday, we drove across 10 countries. I have driven across the United States four times. I love cars, I love being in cars, I think so do most people. I want to help and support those people who have that same kind of enthusiasm for driving that I have. "
Geoff Hoon
Car
Love
People
" I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative of providing comprehensive security at my personal property would have entailed significant extra costs to the taxpayer. "
Geoff Hoon
Security
Lived
Advice
" The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process. "
Geoff Hoon
Job
Process
Government
" Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries. "
Geoff Hoon
Soldiers
Meet
Experiences
" I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament. "
Geoff Hoon
Advice
Citizen
Said
" Despite my involvement in difficult and sometimes controversial questions I have received consistent support from the people of Ashfield. They have recognised that it is necessary to take difficult decisions, that newspapers do not always report fairly or accurately. "
Geoff Hoon
People
Questions
Support
" I have had many Ashfield people say to me that they might not agree with my political views or my decisions but that they supported my right to be heard. "
Geoff Hoon
Decisions
Me
Say
" I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. "
Geoff Hoon
Compassion
People
Freedom
" We're investing record sums on buses and trains. We have a huge programme to encourage people to walk and cycle, and everyone up to and including the PM has been looking closely at how we can promote electric vehicles, hybrids, and other technologies. "
Geoff Hoon
Up
People
Looking
" During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake. "
Geoff Hoon
Investment
I Am
1990s
" My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both. "
Geoff Hoon
Choose
Economy
Environment
" Most people are flying to Heathrow because it's a hub, so they can fly on to other places, often long-distance flights. If they can't go on those long-distance flights from Heathrow, they will go to Paris, they will go to Amsterdam, they will go to Frankfurt, because those are viable alternatives. "
Geoff Hoon
Paris
Will
Flying