Emma Reynolds: “I do not want a scenario where Thames Water customers had to pick up the bill for the company's failures.”

I would like to see us use different levers of the state and use the board to really boost the level of food production in the UK.

It's outrageous that one of the worst-performing water companies is handing out bonuses and inflation-busting pay rises to its executives.

As a general rule, we are a very open trading economy, and we believe, sort of as a general principle, that free trade is better than putting up barriers.

We have a pragmatic relationship with China, one where we cooperate on things that we agree on, but also challenge in areas where we disagree.