Our priority is always to protect the well-being of the British people, and that is why we have acted as we have. However, as active participants in the global economy we have also been engaging closely with our international partners. For months now we have been impressing on our European counterparts, in private and in public, the urgency of what needs to be done. And in the past few days the Prime Minister and I have spoken to leaders, finance ministers and leading policymakers in Europe, America and around the world to help formulate a global response to this crisis.