GREEN, Damian

Member for Ashford (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for Ashford 1997-2010. Committees: Member, Treasury Select Committee 2005; Member, Home Affairs Select Committee 2004-05. Political career: Minister of State for Immigration, Home Office since 2010; Shadow Minister for Immigration 2005-10; Shadow Secretary of State for Transport 2003-04; Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2001-03; Conservative Environment Spokesman 1999-2001; Conservative Spokesman, Education and Employment 1998-99; Special Adviser, Prime Ministers Policy Unit 1992-94; Parliamentary Candidate, Brent East 1992. Special political interests: Economy, media, education, civil liberties. Profession/Trade: Journalist. Education: Balliol College, Oxford, MA (Hons) First Class, Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Reading School. Affiliations: Vice-President, Tory Reform Group; Vice-Chairman, John Smith Memorial Trust. Author of: Controlling Economic Migration (2006); More Than Markets (2003); Better Learning (2002); The Four Failures of the New Deal (1999); 21st Century Conservatism (1998); Regulating the Media in the Digital Age (1997); Communities in the Countryside (1996); A Better BBC (1991). Hobbies: Cricket, football, opera, cinema. b. 17 January 1956, Barry, South Glamorgan. Married with two children.