Patricia Hewitt

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in…

— Patricia Hewitt

I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or…

— Patricia Hewitt

I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people…

— Patricia Hewitt

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years…

— Patricia Hewitt

A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.

— Patricia Hewitt

Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour…

— Patricia Hewitt

And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come…

— Patricia Hewitt

Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of…

— Patricia Hewitt

But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.

— Patricia Hewitt

So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with…

— Patricia Hewitt

People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've…

— Patricia Hewitt

As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.

— Patricia Hewitt

The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.

— Patricia Hewitt

Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating…

— Patricia Hewitt

We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.

— Patricia Hewitt

And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left…

— Patricia Hewitt

The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all…

— Patricia Hewitt

Fifty per cent of the public doesn't know what 'fifty per cent' means.

— Patricia Hewitt

And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes…

— Patricia Hewitt

You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it…

— Patricia Hewitt

Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the…

— Patricia Hewitt

But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs,…

— Patricia Hewitt

Barbara Castle should have been Labour's - and Britain's - first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been:…

— Patricia Hewitt