Who said it?

“More than half of Christmas has been lost. This is a sector that has the economic equivalent of long Covid. There is going to need to be support for the sector through the dark months of January, February and March”

- Andy Wood, chief executive of Adnams brewery, calls for support for the hospitality sector.

“I can’t be selfish and start thinking about myself. I’m in the middle of a very important series. My energy has to be all about trying to win the next game. The series isn’t over yet. We’ve got two very big games and, more than anything, it would be wrong to look past that. That’s all we have to focus on and that applies to me as well, as captain of this team.”

- England cricket captain Joe Root after his team lost the Ashes.

“I saw that baby come into the chamber when I was in the chair.

And did it affect the debate? No. Was it a quiet and peaceful baby? Absolutely. Did it disrupt? Not in the slightest. So did it matter to me? Absolutely not” - Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle on Labour’s Stella Creasy being told she can no longer take her threemonth-old son with her in the Commons.

“No mother should have to choose between buying food or paying her rent. No woman should have to stay with her abuser or face the streets” - Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, as the charity warned that women have been bearing the brunt of the escalating housing crisis.

“I broke down in tears as dance was then my whole life” - Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton on her reaction to being told she would probably need knee replacement surgery.