If bringing up the next generation is important, why arent they the best qualified, the best paid? Why arent we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services? – Estelle Morris

Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them. – Estelle Morris

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months. – Estelle Morris