Parliamentary sovereignty – the right to pass laws as the supreme legal authority in the land, including laws that limit the powers of the executive – has been hard-won over hundreds of years. We trample on it at our peril. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
We hear some people talk about the nanny state and, actually, we don’t want to be telling people how to bring up their children, or how to be parents. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
Radicalisation or the risk of children being drawn into non violent extremism is a very real threat in this country. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
Inevitably, the role of being a backbench Member of Parliament is completely different from being a minister bound by collective responsibility. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
With Brexit, and I think the extraordinary strain it’s put on our constitution and our representative democracy, I do sometimes feel like I’m in the middle of the 17th Century, when you are standing up for the rights of Parliament. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
I firmly believe that my dual roles as secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities are closely linked. Never is this more apparent than when tackling the gender pay gap. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
We need to encourage girls, while they are at school, to know that no career path is closed to them, and to take pride in having ambitions. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
It is well known that men will apply for a job they are half qualified for, but women do not apply unless they meet every requirement. We want to see girls have equal levels of confidence and take the necessary leaps and risks. Nicky Morgan Read Quote
