NICK HURD

'Nicholas Richard Hurd' (born 13 May 1962) is a United Kingdom Conservative Party Member of Parliament.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Ruislip-Northwood at the May 2005 general election with 47.7% of the vote.

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Early life

Parliamentary career

Personal life

External links

Early life

After Eton College and graduating from Oxford University, he ran his own business and represented a British bank in Brazil. In 2002, he set up the Small Business Network to advise the Conservative Party on business policy. More recently, he has worked as Chief of Staff to Tim Yeo MP at the Conservative Research Department.

Parliamentary career

Mr Hurd is currently a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee. The EAC Remit is: "to consider to what extent the polices and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development; to audit their performance against such targets as may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers; and to report thereon to the House." The EAC is tasked with monitoring the Government and its agencies with regard to environmental protection and sustainability, and within this term of parliament, focusing particularly on climate change.
He is also chairing the Climate Change sub-group of the Conservative Party's Quality of Life policy review commission, set up during 2006.
Mr Hurd came top in the Private Member's Bill ballot in November 2006, and has introduced the Sustainable Communities Bill into the House of Commons. This achieved its third reading in June 2007 and is currently being debated in the House of Lords
Mr Hurd was promoted by David Cameron to the Opposition Whips office in July 2007.

Personal life

Hurd is the son of the former Conservative Member of Parliament and Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd. He is the fourth generation of his family to enter the House of Commons as a Conservative MP as he follows his father, grandfather and great-grandfather into Parliament. He is married and has two sons and two daughters. He is a Governor of Coteford Junior School.

External links

★ Nick Hurd MP official site

★ Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Nick Hurd MP

★ TheyWorkForYou.com - Nick Hurd MP

★ Maiden speech in the House of Commons, June 15, 2005 (Hansard)

★ Blogs at Conservative Home

★ BBC Politics page