BIG Breakfast with Guest Speaker Damian Green MP

Chamber member price = £15.00 + VAT

Non-member price = £20.00 + VAT

GUEST SPEAKER - Damian Green MP

Damian was born in 1956. He was educated at Reading School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1977.

He is a former financial journalist and worked in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit from 1992-94. Damian contested Brent East in the 1992 General Election. In May 1997 he was elected Member of Parliament for Ashford and he was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.

He was a Conservative Spokesman on Education and Employment from 1998-99, Conservative Environment Spokesman from 1999-2001, Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-2003, and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2003-2004. From July 2004-2005 he was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee; from July to December 2005 he was a member of the Treasury Select Committee.

In December 2005, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration, and had responsibility for Conservative Party policy on borders and immigration.

After the 2010 Election he became Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office and on 4th September 2012, was made Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, a role covering both the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. In October 2012 he was made a member of the Privy Council.

Damian is a strong voice in the House of Commons on civil liberties issues. In opposition he campaigned against the introduction of Identity Cards, and was the Minister who took the Bill abolishing them through the House of Commons in 2010.

There will also be an opportunity to make new contacts and generate business leads, whilst sharing ideas, and experiences with like-minded business people.

Join us for a delicious full English breakfast.