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==Early life==
After attending [[Sunningdale School]] and [[Eton College]] and [[Exeter College, Oxford]] (where he was a member of the [[Bullingdon Club]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/archive/853218/red-corner-blue-corner/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |title=In the red corner, and in the blue corner |publisher=Third Sector |date=15 October 2008 |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hurd 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 worked as Chief of Staff to [[Tim Yeo]] MP, who at the time was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport, and in the [[Conservative Research Department]].
==Parliamentary career==
The Hon Nick Hurd MP is currently [[Minister of State]] for Climate Change and Industry. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from November 2015 following the resignation of [[Grant Shapps]] <ref>[http://news.sky.com/story/1596185/shapps-resigns-after-tory-bullying-claims Resignation of Grant Shapps] Sky News. Retrieved 8 August 2016</ref> until the reshuffle following the appointment of [[Theresa May]] as Prime Minister in July 2016. During the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|coalition government]] he was [[Minister for Civil Society]] from May 2010 until July 2014,<ref>[http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17844/hurd_steps_down_as_civil_society_minister Hurd steps down]</ref> during which time he led the work on setting up the [[National Citizen Service]] and [[Big Society Capital]].<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nick-hurd Official biography] Gov.uk website. Retrieved 8 August 2016</ref>
He was Chairman of the Climate Change sub-group of the Conservative Party's [https://web.archive.org/web/20070428112238/http://www.qualityoflifechallenge.com/ Quality of Life] policy review commission, 2006–2008. He has also served as a member of the [[Environmental Audit Select Committee]] (EAC) before becoming a minister. In May 2016, he was given the Green Ribbon Political Award as Parliamentarian of the year (MP), citing his work on the EAC and in promoting action against climate change while at DFID where he led the [[Energy Africa]] initiative promoting greater access to sustainable energy.<ref>[http://www.ciwem.org/greenribbon/ 2016 Green Ribbon Winners] - CIWEM website. Retrieved 8 August 2016</ref>
Hurd came top in the [[Private Member's Bill]] ballot in November 2006, and introduced the [[Sustainable Communities Act|Sustainable Communities Bill]] into the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. This achieved its third reading in June 2007 and after being passed by the [[House of Lords]], the ''Sustainable Communities Act 2007'' received Royal Assent in October 2007.<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070023_en_1 Sustainable Communities Act 2007]</ref>
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