Q The one regret you wish you could amend? A I try not to think of regrets or live life through regrets, but I try to make the commitment that I should make every day better than the last. Q What about phobias. Do you have any? A Not many. I guess I am the chief spider catcher in the house! Nobody else seems to like dealing with those. I am not too keen on rats and there are plenty of rats in Westminster, and I do mean that literally rather than metaphorically. Rats and mice, there are plenty of them running around, the building is close to the river and so on.