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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
European Council

"It is true that Jean-Claude Juncker was not everybody’s favourite candidate. However, having remembered the spark that ignited a war that killed more than 10 million Europeans, was this not the week to celebrate peace, democracy and friendship among the free nations of Europe, rather than to exaggerate difference and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
G7

"May I echo the Prime Minister’s appropriate words about D-day? It is very welcome that President Poroshenko has committed to normalised relations with Russia and that Russia, in turn, has recognised his legitimacy as President of Ukraine. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is important that the European Union …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"A planning inspector recently told a closed meeting in Gloucestershire that he would give more weight to consultants’ economic models than to “10,000 objections from local people”. Is that what the national planning framework really meant by “empowering” local people?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Mar 2014
European Council and Nuclear Security Summit

"Freezing a few bank accounts may look pretty feeble, but a strategy to reduce eastern Europe’s energy dependence on Gazprom could send a much stronger and much more painful signal to Russia. In that context, are we committed not just to the military defence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but, …..."
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Monday 24th March 2014

Asked by: Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage charities to become signatories to the Financial Reporting Council's UK Stewardship Code.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The Financial Reporting Council's Stewardship Code does not direct itself to matters particular to charities such as their responsibilities under charity law and their focus on beneficiaries. ‘Good Governance – a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector' developed by a coalition of charity and voluntary sector bodies is a code designed for charities and the voluntary sector. This Code has the support of the Charity Commission which encourages its adoption through publications and signposting on its website.

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Monday 24th March 2014

Asked by: Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to incentivise charities to manage their assets in a manner compliant with the Financial Reporting Council's UK Stewardship Code.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The Financial Reporting Council's Stewardship Code does not direct itself to matters particular to charities such as their responsibilities under charity law and their focus on beneficiaries. ‘Good Governance – a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector' developed by a coalition of charity and voluntary sector bodies is a code designed for charities and the voluntary sector. This Code has the support of the Charity Commission which encourages its adoption through publications and signposting on its website.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
European Council

"I welcome the steps that have already been taken and the option of much stronger economic sanctions, but the presence of small but visible numbers of neo-fascist thugs on the streets of Ukraine, and indeed on the TV screens of Russia, is clearly just playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands. Can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Feb 2014
International Wildlife Crime

"My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight these connections, but he must also agree that we must put our own house in order. Is he aware that hundreds of thousands of songbirds are being killed on British sovereign territory in Cyprus, with the Ministry of Defence apparently turning …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Abolishing roaming charges is one of the big wins for British consumers that we might get from remaining in the European Union. Has the Prime Minister had the opportunity to discuss international mobile phone usage with any other European Heads of Government in the past day or so?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Dec 2013
Tributes to Nelson Mandela

"I hesitate to rise and echo the tributes of so many eloquent speakers. I think that the one contribution Mandela made that has not yet been mentioned was his founding, in retirement, of the global group The Elders, along with his wife Graça Machel, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson, Kofi Annan …..."
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