Tessa Jowell Quotations

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

We accept that there are problems that the Royal Parks have got to sort out,

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

Serving a full term doesn't mean leaving office after a year or two.

People were delighted with their digital television and did not want to go back to analogue.

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.

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

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.

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,

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

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

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

We will have some of the most inspiring and visionary facilities in the world and making sure they are delivered successfully is an absolutely key task.

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.

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

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,

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

It's clear that some adverts are breaking the law,

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

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.

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

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

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 prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

The BBC's aim, along with schools, libraries and literacy groups, to involve more people in reading groups is an exciting idea and one that I hope will keep readers all over the UK exploring and sharing the wonderful world of books.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

It is absolutely clear that your continued leadership is putting the Labour Party's future in jeopardy and denying millions of people in our country who so desperately need representation by a Labour government the chance of that Labour government.

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty,