David Lidington

David Lidington

30-Jun-1956


United Kingdom


Politician

QUOTES BY David Lidington


Wildlife crime goes well beyond just a threat to endangered species but also has impacts on our society, economy and security. It undermines efforts to uphold the rule of law, acts as an agent for corruption, creates a barrier to development and fuels global instability.

Most of us have embraced digital technology, and depend on it more and more in our daily lives, both at home and at work.

The illegal wildlife trade has an unacceptable human cost for those who have lived for centuries in harmony with wildlife.

Like my constituents, I have had to immerse myself in the detail about HS2 precisely because of the massive and permanent impact it would have on the area I represent.

The Foreign Office works hard to remind people of local laws and customs as often they can be very different to British law.

While the circumstances of any one situation are unique, it is clear that many families could have been helped if they had found it easier to talk openly about mental health challenges in the home.

Although I wanted to Remain, I know the E.U. is not perfect. I have attended more than enough of its council meetings and read enough of its commission papers to understand its flaws.

No individual, no organization, no government is above the law.

We could choose to leave as a country split and an economy disjointed, struggling to make our way in a new world outside the E.U. Or we can come together as one United Kingdom, confidently seizing new global opportunities as we build a prosperous, secure nation fit for the future challenges we will face.

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