Press Articles & Speeches 
Posted: 18 January 2012
Hazel speaking in Parliament about social mobility
Hazel’s speech in Parliament about social mobility
“I have rarely been in the Chamber when there has been such agreement and such...
Posted: 8 August 2011
Clare's Law - Respect and Protect
In 2007 Clare Wood, a young woman in my constituency, began a relationship with George Appleton. A year later she ended the relationship but then found herself the subject of a...
Posted: 23 May 2011
Crime is tough for the coalition
A lot has been written about the vital importance of Labour establishing its credentials on the economy in the 1990s, but fewer people have acknowledged the progress that was...
Posted: 18 March 2011
MP encourages cricket talent in Salford
Young cricketers keen to emulate their heroes in this year’s Cricket World Cup are to get new facilities at All Hallows High School following an appeal to Salford Council by...
Posted: 17 March 2011
What is happening to the Big Society?
In December last year Civil Society Minister Nick Hurd spoke at a TimeBank event and then ‘tweeted’ to congratulate them on their 10th Anniversary, praising the...
Posted: 3 March 2011
David Cameron’s Broken Promise On Military Covenant
There have been many broken promises by this Government but arguably none so shameful as David Cameron’s decision to go back on his promise to introduce a legally binding...
