But he said of No 10's attempts to
introduce equal marriage: «I have just never felt that this is what we should be focusing on... There was no huge demand for this and we didn't need to spend a lot of parliamentary time and upset vast numbers of people in order to do this.»
We've given 27 million people across the UK an # 825 income tax cut, secured # 15 million in funding for a bus concessionary scheme for 16 - 18 year olds, and
introduced Equal Marriage.
I am very proud of what I was able to achieve in my previous role there, not least
introducing equal marriage, ending the fingerprinting of children and banning wheel - clamping on private land.