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I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

- Sajid Javid
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There were, of course, ups and downs. But whenever my parents were knocked down, in business or anything else, they picked themselves up and started again.

I see people all the time today, and they really don't care if their doctor is of Pakistani origin; what they care about is that they are getting a good service, and these are people that they do really see as British. I do think society has changed very positively like that.

I'm the British home secretary. My job is to protect the British public.

I see neither the sense nor the need to stick to an immigration figure devised nearly a decade ago, which has never been met and does not fit the requirements of the country.

I've used the word 'compliant' environment, and what that means is it's absolutely right that we have an environment in terms of our immigration policy that distinguishes between people that are here legally and those that are here illegally.

I think people vote Ukip from a frustration with politics, which is legitimate, and which politicians have to listen to.

Some people say these aren't huge numbers, but let's also remember that our job here is to make sure this doesn't turn into a new route for ever-increased illegal migration, so I want to stop it now as much as I possibly can.

I'm going to start by making a confession. My name's Sajid Javid. And I used to be a banker. No point denying it.

A question has to be asked: if you are a genuine asylum seeker, why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in? Because France is not a country where anyone would argue it is not safe in any way whatsoever, and if you are genuine, then why not seek asylum in your first safe country?

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I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.

I have three girls, and that makes me think more about what sort of country I want my kids to grow up in.