Damian Collins

Damian Collins
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
In office
8 July 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byChris Philp
Succeeded byPaul Scully
Chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
In office
19 October 2016 – 6 December 2019
Preceded byJesse Norman
Succeeded byJulian Knight
Member of Parliament
for Folkestone and Hythe
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byMichael Howard
Succeeded byTony Vaughan
Personal details
Born
Damian Noel Thomas Collins

(1974-02-04) 4 February 1974 (age 50)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseSarah Richardson
Children2
Alma materSt Benet's Hall, Oxford
Websitedamiancollins.com Edit this at Wikidata

Damian Noel Thomas Collins OBE (born 4 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as a junior Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between July and October 2022.[1][2][3][4] He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Folkestone and Hythe from 2010 to 2024.

From 2016 to 2019, Collins was chair of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.[5][6] In 2021, Collins chaired the UK Parliament Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill.[7]

  1. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Damian Collins MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Damian Noel Thomas Collins". Who's Who.
  4. ^ Blundell, John, ed. (2013). Remembering Margaret Thatcher: Commemorations, Tributes and Assessments. New York: Algora Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 9781628940176.
  5. ^ "Damian Collins elected Chair of Culture, Media and Sport Committee". www.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Dissolution of Parliament". www.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. ^ Williams, Rhiannon (29 July 2021). "Online Safety Bill must stop tech giants profiting from harm, Damian Collins warns". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.