Speeches and Debates
Speeches, debate interventions and Cabinet Office Questions.
- 24th July 2007
During a debate about reoffending, Nick Hurd calls for the Government to examine and learn from the excellent work of the 'Blue Sky' initiative in Hillingdon. read more »
- 15th June 2007
Nick Hurd moves a new Clause 6 of the Sustainable Communities Bill as amended by the Public Bill Committee. read more »
- 1st May 2007
Nick Hurd speaks up for Harefield and Mount Vernon hospitals and calls on the Government to support them in the same way their local communities do by offering stability rather than the constant threat of change. read more »
- 19th January 2007
Nick Hurd introduces the Sustainable Communities Bill to address the problem of community decline in Britain by giving real power to local authorities. read more »
- 11th December 2006
Nick Hurd calls for evidence that proposals in the new Offender Management Bill will actually help reduce reoffending rates, otherwise he says it will only compound the existing problems in the probation service caused by a culture of permanent reform. read more »
- 12th October 2006
Nick Hurd calls for Britain and the EU to take a leadership role, looks at carbon emissions resulting from deforestation and promotes conservation credits and calls for cross-party consensus re the 2050 target to reduce the carbon intensity of our economy read more »
- 5th June 2006
During a debate on the NHS Redress Bill, Nick Hurd calls for a genuinely independent process for dealing with minor clinical negligence cases rather than the in-house NHS system proposed by the Government. read more »
- 12th May 2006
Nick Hurd supports the Bill as a small step towards creating greater government accountability for tracking carbon through the economy and to think more about microgeneration and energy efficiency. read more »
- 28th March 2006
Nick Hurd makes a speech in the Budget debate in which he condemns the omission in the budget of any reference to the NHS and failure to tackle issues such as pensions, the collapse of the savings ratio, excessive taxation and climate change. read more »
