I think that the big challenge of the 2020s for the country, and for the Conservative party, is to win the fight for free enterprise and the free society. This is under threat like at no other time in my lifetime. And the way that you do that is by demonstrating the benefits of a free market society.

Matt Hancock

The sign of a civilised society is how we treat the most vulnerable and our social care system is not up to scratch.

Matt Hancock

Entrepreneurship is not only about starting businesses but is an attitude to life.

Matt Hancock

I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.

Matt Hancock

But crucially, the apprenticeship schemes benefit apprentices themselves, who get a good foundation for a career, and it helps to open doors and break down barriers that some people face.

Matt Hancock

The strong economy means there is fiscal firepower and we need to use that to show people the benefits of the free-market system.

Matt Hancock

The impact of the creative industries, of design and architecture in particular, are of course economic and they are a great export opportunity.

Matt Hancock

This is why we have a chief medical officer: to set a norm in society, make judgments on behalf of society, so that individual schools or individual parents don't have to decide.

Matt Hancock

So my dyslexia has got me into trouble, but I feel I can talk about it because I want to say to everyone who is dyslexic that the technology exists to help. The most important thing was being diagnosed.

Matt Hancock

My children aren't allowed on social media.

Matt Hancock

Well, the truth is that anybody who is a Conservative knows that the way you generate wealth and ultimately all the taxes that pay for public services is through business, people coming together to make something of their lives and to create jobs.

Matt Hancock

But design has never been a Europe-only project. The best of design has global influences. And we've got to design the future immigration system to make sure that we continue to attract the brightest and best.

Matt Hancock

The Conservative party's always been a broad church, and I can appeal better than any of the other candidates to the centre ground to unite the country, and to voters who will ultimately deliver a majority so we can really get things moving.

Matt Hancock

If you look at the best schools that gets the best results, they teach a broad curriculum but they are also rigorous.

Matt Hancock

The terms and conditions of the main social media sites are that you shouldn't use it under the age of 13, but the companies do absolutely nothing to enforce against that. And they should, I think that should be a requirement.

Matt Hancock

Spotting sepsis is one of the most difficult things to do early and the urgency is critical to whether people survive.

Matt Hancock

The reason we need formal government guidance from the chief medical officer is to empower parents.

Matt Hancock

Technology can be an enormous enabler. I'll give you one example. I have never really talked about this before, but I am dyslexic and I didn't find that out at school.

Matt Hancock

You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living wage, to make sure that the lowest paid get the biggest increase in pay.

Matt Hancock

I am, as a father, very worried about the growing evidence of the impact of social media on children's mental health.

Matt Hancock

I've learnt that what you need to do is have standards that are agreed nationally and then allow people locally to work out what they need.

Matt Hancock