GREEN, Damian

Member for Ashford since 1997. Committees: Member, Home Affairs Select Committee 2004-05. Political career: Shadow Minister for Immigration since 2005; 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 Advisor, Prime Minister-s Policy Unit 1992-94; Parliamentary Candidate, Brent East 1992. Special political interests: Economy, media, transport, education, employment. Profession/Trade: Journalist. Education: Reading School; Balliol College, Oxford, MA (Hons) First Class, Philosophy, Politics and Economics. 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 on the Countryside (1996); A Better BBC (1991). Hobbies: Cricket, football, opera, cinema. b. 17 January 1956, Barry, South Glamorgan. Married with two children.