Get your priorities right, stand up for rural communities and drop the illiberal ban on trail hunting

Nick speaks to the Future for Hunting rally outside Defra on the eve of the close of the Government’s consultation on banning trail hunting

SpeechesNick HerbertJune 17, 2026countryside alliance, hunting, Defra, Countryside Alliance

The "Forest City" folly

Nick criticises a plan for a city of 1 million people on 45,000 acres of grade 2 farmland on the east Cambridgeshire / west Suffolk border as “pie in the sky” and “an utopian delusion”

We must protect the position of the UK as internationally significant in opera

Nick raises the problems which the National Opera Studio has encountered when international students apply for Global Talent Visas

SpeechesNick HerbertJune 4, 2026Opera, National Opera Studio

The Government should stop behaving like new puritans

In a speech in the House of Lords Nick says that “unforced assaults on rural voters” are both bad policy and bad politics

The unintended consequences of healthcare regulation on racing

Nick warns that a regulatory change to improve healthcare at sporting events could have a damaging impact on racing

SpeechesNick HerbertApril 15, 2026racing

There is broad agreement that Non-Crime Hate Incidents must go

Not every recorded Non-Crime Hate Incident has been trivial, but a new system will put in place higher thresholds to ensure that the trivial are weeded out.

SpeechesNick HerbertMarch 9, 2026Hate crime, Policing, police

Why extending aggravated hate crime offences is right

In the House of Lords Nick takes issue with Peers who oppose extending aggravated hate crime offences to certain groups while supporting them for others

SpeechesNick HerbertMarch 4, 2026Hate crime, LGBT

The Holocaust also targeted LGBT people

Nick secured a reassurance from the Government that the National Holocaust Memorial will recognise the atrocities committed against LGBT people

SpeechesNick HerbertJanuary 21, 2026Holocaust Memorial, LGBT

Non-Crime Hate Incidents should be abolished

Nick says that the regime of recording NCHIs should be changed fundamentally and a better system put in place

SpeechesNick HerbertJanuary 20, 2026Hate crime, Policing, police

The Government must maintain the fight against TB

In the House of Lords Nick urges the Government to recognise that they still have the power to help end tuberculosis, in spite of reductions in funding

SpeechesNick HerbertJanuary 13, 2026TB, Global TB Caucus

Nick becomes motoring correspondent of The Field Magazine

Nick’s first review features the ultimate Range Rover — the Holland & Holland Edition by Overfinch

News releasesNick HerbertDecember 11, 2025The Field, Cars

Activists have their sights set on horse racing

In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Nick warns that greyhound racing is already being banned in Wales and Scotland, but animal rights groups want to go further.

ArticlesNick HerbertNovember 14, 2025racing, hunting, countryside alliance, country sports

Nick says that with leadership a vaccine could transform the fight against TB

Speaking at the G20 Health Ministers’ meeting in South Africa, Nick warned that it would be a tragedy if the world failed to deliver an effective new TB vaccine.

SpeechesNick HerbertNovember 6, 2025TB, Global TB Caucus

Nick launches new Commission on Police Leadership

Nick will co-chair the review with Lord Blunkett to examine police leadership at all levels with the aim of ensuring that policing can respond to evolving threats and challenges and meet public expectations.

News releasesNick HerbertOctober 23, 2025police

The system of recording 'non-crime hate incidents' is no longer fit for purpose

In the House of Lords Nick says that an official review has concluded that reform is needed to ensure that policing can focus on genuine harm and risk within communities.

SpeechesNick HerbertOctober 16, 2025police

No so-called safeguard will persuade me that the assisted suicide Bill is safe or right

Nick speaks in the Second Reading debate in the House of Lords on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

SpeechesNick HerbertSeptember 12, 2025

TB must remain a global health priority for the Government

In questions in the House of Lords Nick points out that the world remains dramatically off-target to beat TB by 2030.

SpeechesNick HerbertJuly 21, 2025TB, Global TB Caucus

The proposed Holocaust learning centre is in the wrong location

Nick speaks at Report Stage of the Holocaust Memorial Bill in the House of Lords.

SpeechesNick HerbertJune 11, 2025Holocaust Memorial, LGBT

Nick renews calls for independent review on transgender policy

In the House of Lords, Nick says that it is time to look at transgender issues dispassionately and carefully, and to detoxify the debate.

SpeechesNick HerbertMay 1, 2025LGBT

'Yes, we can end TB': Nick's message on World TB Day

In a video message Nick says that while the fight to beat the world’s deadliest infectious disease faces new challenges there is still hope that we can beat TB.

SpeechesNick HerbertMarch 24, 2025TB, Global TB Caucus, Global Fund