Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that - would be right.

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It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans...

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans...

On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal...

On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal...

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not...

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not...

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000...

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000...

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people...

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people...

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do...

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do...

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much,...

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much,...

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60...

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60...

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers...

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers...

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to...

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to...

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it,...

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it,...

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut...

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut...

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more...

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more...