We have to take real steps to break down the culture of benefit dependency and failure which blights too many urban areas. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
I don't think all the cycle lanes in London have been designed as well as they should have been. — Chris Grayling Cycle Copy Share Image
We are a humane society, and one which believes that we have to help rehabilitate offenders so they turn away from crime. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
European businesses will want to retain free-trade access to the U.K. - their biggest export market. — Chris Grayling Access Copy Share Image
Judicial review has developed since the 1970s as a way for individuals to challenge decisions taken by the State. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
You chastise children when they are bad, as my parents did me. I'm not opposed to smacking. It is to be used… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
I want prisons to be spartan, but humane, a place people don't have a particular desire to come back to. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
We take back control of our laws and Britain will be a proud independent nation again. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Unlike Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, I am not ideologically obsessed with the structure of our rail network; for me it is a… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Whatever your race, colour or creed in London, you still want your children to get on the housing ladder. You still want… — Chris Grayling Children Copy Share Image
It was never the case that prisoners were simply allowed unlimited parcels - books or otherwise... It would be a logistical impossibility… — Chris Grayling Books Copy Share Image
I want to see prisoners getting support that is every bit as good as that which they would receive from the NHS… — Chris Grayling Community Copy Share Image
It is free enterprise and the determination to succeed which generates opportunity and wealth for our society, and in doing so provides… — Chris Grayling Business Copy Share Image
Police on the street need the discretion to deal quickly and easily with routine misdemeanours which need to be recorded but need… — Chris Grayling Discretion Copy Share Image
I have met virtually no one in the policing and security world who thinks ID cards are an essential part of what… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
People who end up in our prisons tend to come from the most difficult backgrounds. They did not have the parental support… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
The arrival of DNA testing has brought new dimensions to the investigation of crime. It has brought resolution to old cases where… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
The truth is that those who join gangs - more often than not they are young men in their later teens -… — Chris Grayling Belonging Copy Share Image
The growth of cycling is a good thing. But good cycling is responsible cycling. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
We need to curtail the role of the European Court of Human Rights in the U.K. — Chris Grayling Court Copy Share Image
I think that far too often we let those who commit crimes in our society off far too lightly. — Chris Grayling Crime Copy Share Image
We must give individuals the opportunity to show what they are capable of. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Visit any of the fastest growing parts of the world and you will find investment in infrastructure. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
We remain fully committed to introducing a cap on social care costs. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
You can't be allowed to take away the rights of others, and then use your own rights to avoid facing the consequences. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
I'm very mindful of the need to ensure we have a criminal justice system in which people have confidence. — Chris Grayling Confidence Copy Share Image
An economic strategy built around hiking taxes for business means one thing: fewer jobs. — Chris Grayling Business Copy Share Image
Family breakdown is blighting the lives of far too many children. — Chris Grayling Breakdown Copy Share Image
Travel costs should not be a barrier to opportunity for our young people. — Chris Grayling Opportunity Copy Share Image
The SNP talks a lot - but they have proved that they cannot deliver. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great. — Chris Grayling Brexit Copy Share Image
Introducing ID cards isn't a matter of great national security importance. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they're the right thing to do. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical. — Chris Grayling Culture Copy Share Image
Prison is not meant to be comfortable. It's not meant to be somewhere anyone would ever want to go back to. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
We need to scrap the Human Rights Act and need a balance between rights and responsibilities. — Chris Grayling Balance Copy Share Image
This is not rocket science. If you mentor and support people when they leave prison they're less likely to reoffend. — Chris Grayling Mentor Copy Share Image
Good health and safety really matters - we need to protect people against death and serious injury in the workplace. — Chris Grayling Death Copy Share Image
The gang culture - tragically - has for some young people become the only source of stability in their lives. — Chris Grayling Culture Copy Share Image
The state has no right to cast people aside because they are sick or disabled. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
