Andy Burnham Quotations

We want people to come forward with different ideas. We are learning from procurements past that if you go out with a wholly prescriptive vision of what you want, very often you end with a product that isn't as good and costs more. You have to be open to innovation.

I am delighted that we have been able to give our backing to (this) amendment.

The pace will quicken now. The parliamentary process hasn't ended, but by any reckoning last night was decisive. After today, there will be a gear change in terms of how everybody sees this: government, the private sector, everybody.

Roads were pretty slick, but the school district got kids in the buses and to school on time.

People might have said we were scaremongering. But here we are: the Competition Commission is intervening, for the first time, in the NHS, to block the sensible collaboration between two NHS hospitals. They can no longer deny it, it’s absolutely clear.

Animal research has lead to advances in the treatment of many conditions... Where there is no alternative available, we will continue to ensure that the balance between animal welfare and scientific advancement is maintained.

The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved,

Over the moon about strong support for the National Health Service - an institution I will defend to my dying day, second only to Everton FC.

We've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over

We've cleaned a lot of the storm drains so we're in decent shape there. Given the hillsides already have been inundated, the whole idea is to be aware and to watch.

You have a great staff that worked very hard.

We don't write citations very often. It's the very last thing we do.

There will be a lot of demand for this. I think there will be a lot of people who will go out on day one and get one.

A PIN number would be a new intermediate way of checking a card was authentic. The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved.

If the LSE had a legitimate point to make, it's that there is a demand for more information. The implication was that we were so worried about the costs of this scheme that we didn't dare put it out into the public domain.

I am worried that if we give them too much coverage it can back up the notion that they are a potent protest vote.

For the health of parliamentary democracy, this matter now needs to be brought to a swift conclusion.