Dawn Primarolo

"[Primarolo was married to her second husband] [So] you could say Im into the institution. When I was a single mother my son happily described our family as me, him, our dog and our cats."

"Or does the Prime Ministers advice to women simply consist of following her example and finding herself a wealthy husband?"

"If I were a politician who said, Ive never learnt anything and I dont look around me and see that circumstances change [...] then people would say, this person does not deserve to be a Member of Parliament. How can you be responsive to people and allow your own politics and ideas to develop if you dont take on change."

"What is this National Marriage Week? [...] I dont know why my colleagues are suddenly so fond of the word."

"We used to go in the chamber and sit next to each other when one of us spoke to support the speaking member, because the catcalls across the chamber were designed, as they always are, to undermine you and put you off."

"[On her earlier membership of the Campaign Group of left-wing MPs] I was hell-raising. Im not saying I havent made my mistakes but I dont regret anything: its all been part of my learning curve."