Tessa Jowell Quotes (27 Quotes)

Taken together, the archives of broadcasters are as much a part of our postwar popular culture as the Beatles or Harry Potter,

These changes will produce an even better Olympic Park - a sign of our determination not to sit on our laurels after Singapore but to refine our plans to deliver excellence for athletes, spectators, media and the entire Olympic family.

Just as forever those who lost their lives will be remembered as part of the Olympics and the Olympic dream that will take us through to 2012, so too will the fortitude, solidarity, strength and resilience of London and Londoners see us through the next seven years until the games begin in 2012.

We're strong today because we acted so quickly on the contents of last year's IOC report, ... What today's report shows is that we have a bid that can win.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

I am giving local authorities the power to run licensing regimes in their own areas. They have the local knowledge, the know-how and are accountable to the local electorate.

By starting now we can make sure the value in some cases is immediate,

What the new law does is allow people to drink alcohol in public at a different range of times, with the threat of instant sanction if they misbehave.

I believe it can leave us with a legacy of more choice, for more people, than anywhere in the world.

We're absolutely focused to keeping to time and keeping within costs because delays cost money,

I want companies to be champing at the bit for the chance to share in the 2012 experience. But they need to understand the big picture now and how they can get involved - and that's where this summit comes in.

Just as the following day (after London's win) more than 50 families were robbed of the people that they loved in the terrorist attacks on London, so too was London robbed of its continuing celebration,

Wouldn't it be wonderful if William joined the contingent for Singapore speaking up for London

The policy is not wrong and... time will prove it right,

We are carrying out a review of all the costs, not as a one-off, but as a continuing discipline. Delays cost money.

It can grow to 100bn by 2012 with action on skills, quality and investment. But we must start now.

I am not willing to turn a blind eye to this and have agreed with the Gambling Commission that we should crack down on advertisers and publishers who knowingly break the law.

Each is a shared memory for people of different ages, ... It's fashionable -- almost compulsory at the TV festival -- to knock the number of repeats on TV and blame the laziness of broadcasters. But I believe there is a real public service in keeping these memories alive.

It would be completely inappropriate in view of this appalling tragedy,

This Skills Task Force should be a small, dynamic core of business leaders, government representatives and academics meeting to examine the problem of skills shortages in Europe. It is estimated that there will be 1.7 million vacancies in the IT sector by 2003. This European-wide approach is vital if we are to ensure we have a sufficiently skilled work force to meet the needs of the IT industry,

Our intention is to provide a garden that will be simple, dignified and designed to the highest quality,

The Lottery needs to raise altogether 1.5 billion of which we estimate that 750 million over the seven years between now and the Games will come from the new Olympic lottery game.

We're optimistic about the future of the BBC but it cannot take its position for granted.

It makes people very proud. It was a lovely event and reminds everyone that when we won the games, it did not just matter on July 6, but that it will go on mattering to London.

We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

I could not be more determined and robust about this. I want more children to play cricket and to have the chance to compete. I want them playing on the correct pitches with hard balls and proper headgear.

The police need the powers that the Licensing Act will give them.