Debate on the Bercow review of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

My hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) has long been a champion of those who struggle to communicate and this report does him enormous personal credit. He is also groundbreaking in pushing the Government to be bolder in going for earlier intervention and adopting the policies of prevention.

I want to address my brief remarks to one specific section and that is young offenders, 7,000 of whom enter young offender institutions every year, two thirds  read more »

Nick Hurd supports calls to proceed with caution to ensure public policy is focussed on the right types of biofuels and not seen as an agenda for channelling soft subsidies to the agricultural sector.  read more »

Few things matter more to my constituents than the state of local health services.  read more »

Nick Hurd challenges the use of taxpayers' money to buy carbon credits in overseas markets in order to fulfil ambitious carbon targets.  read more »

I can't think of a time when the stock of politicians has fallen so low in this country.  read more »

Nick Hurd calls for reform of the EU emissions trading scheme to reinforce the polluter pays principle and to include aviation "on terms that bite".  read more »