The Honourable Nicholas Richard Hurd (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. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Ruislip-Northwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

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. 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. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ... The Right Honourable Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born March 8, 1930), is a senior British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995. ... Sir Anthony Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd (May 2, 1901 - February 12, 1966) was a British politician and former Conservative member of parliament for Newbury. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is an internationally renowned Public School (privately-funded and independent) for male students, founded in 1440 by Henry VI. It is located in Eton, Berkshire (traditionally part of Buckinghamshire), near Windsor in England... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Tim Yeo Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo MP (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for South Suffolk. ...

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.

Herd won the Private Member's Bill ballot in November 2006, it is expected that he will sponsor a Stable Communities Bill backed by Charter 88 and the New Politics Network. A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ... Charter 88 was formed by progressive (mainly liberal and social democratic) British intellectuals and activists in 1988. ... In United Kingdom politics ,the New Politics Network is an independent political and campaigning think tank, concerned specifically with issues relating to democratic renewal and popular participation in politics. ...

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson (born September 23, 1940) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Ruislip-Northwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

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)