David Willetts Quotes (6 Quotes)

This is a timid step in the right direction. This bill would have been better if it had been bolder.

Now the secretary of state comes to the house to say that she will legislate but she hasn't said she will legislate for a single list.

Promising to act urgently in 2004, announcing a new system 20 months later and finally having it up and running in 2010 is just not good enough and will not calm the fears of many parents.

What I want her to do is answer the basic factual questions then in the light of that we can review the position she's in.

Either Ruth Kelly does know how many sex offenders have been cleared to work in our schools, in which case she should tell anxious parents now. Or she does not know, in which case her department is shockingly incompetent.

Parents' confidence in Ruth Kelly's ability to maintain the integrity of the staff working in schools is ebbing away.