Nick Hurd
Nick Hurd, Conservative MP for Ruislip-Northwood and son of former foreign secretary Lord Douglas Hurd, is the current minister for civil society. He spent fifteen months as the party’s charities spokesman while in opposition, before taking on the ministerial role following the 2010 general election.
Hurd was elected to parliament in 2005. He has served on the environment audit committee and in 2006 successfully took through parliament a private members bill, the Sustainable Communities Act.
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