Quotes by Andy Burnham

“You have a great staff that worked very hard.”

“The pace will quicken now. The parliamentary process hasnt 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.”

“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 isnt as good and costs more. You have to be open to innovation.”

“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.”

“If the LSE had a legitimate point to make, its that there is a demand for more information. The implication was that we were so worried about the costs of this scheme that we didnt dare put it out into the public domain.”

“We dont write citations very often. Its the very last thing we do.”

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

“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.”

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

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