Damian Collins

Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe

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Recent appearances

  • Criminal Cases Review Commission 12 Mar 2024

    In that case, there is also an acknowledgment of the wider implications of the miscarriage of justice. In the case of Mr Cleeland, he could have been wrongly convicted on the basis of flawed forensic evidence. That evidence was presented by a Mr McCafferty, who gave evidence in many, many cases in the 1960s and 1970s, so there could be other miscarriages of justice that may need to be...
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission 12 Mar 2024

    My hon. Friend makes a very important point. If the CCRC would acknowledge that in some of its deliberations it has made factual errors or drawn wrong assumptions on the evidence presented, it might then allow Mr Cleeland to apply again based on an acknowledgment of those errors. We are now in a position where the CCRC has not acknowledged that and is therefore refusing to consider new...
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission 12 Mar 2024

    I have one final intervention, and I am grateful to the Minister for taking it. In the piece of work that it is doing, the Law Commission itself acknowledges that Mr Cleeland has also sought to challenge the CCRC’s rulings through divisional courts and has failed there. However, it was subsequently determined that those appeals were not a criminal matter but one that should be considered by...

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Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

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Damian Collins campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Home Office
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Home Department
  • Treasury
  • Department for Digital
  • Culture
  • Media and Sport
  • Sports
  • Data Protection: Japan
  • NHS: Computer Software
  • Members: Correspondence
  • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Currently held offices

  • Member, Media Bill Committee (since 29 Nov 2023)
  • Chair, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (since 27 Jul 2021)
  • Chair, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (since 27 Jul 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
  • Member, Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 15 Dec 2022)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ( 8 Jul 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
  • Member, Dormant Assets Bill [HL] Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
  • Member, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (21 Jul 2021 to 27 Jul 2021)
  • Chair, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
  • Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 19 Oct 2016)
  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Dec 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Oct 2012)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
16 October 2023, received £2,733.06 from Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, via Northbank Talent Management, Acre House, 11/15 William Road, London NW1 3ER, as advance payment on receipt of the manuscript for a book. Hours: estimated at approx. 200 hrs between November 2022 and September 2023. (Registered 08 Novmeber 2023; updated 14 November 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Betting and Gaming Council
Address of donor: Kings Building, 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two guest tickets for a concert at the O2 in London including hospitality, total value £2,148
Date received: 15 October 2023
Date accepted: 15 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 12213577
(Registered 31 October 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry of Law, Singapore
Address of donor: 100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel and accommodation, value £11,000
Destination of visit: Singapore
Dates of visit: 24-28 September 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at and attend the Online Harms Symposium organised by the Ministry of Law.
(Registered 23 October 2023)
Name of donor: Davos Klosters Bergbahnen AG
Address of donor: Brämabüelstrasse 11, 7270 Davos, Switzerland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Ski passes, ski guides, formal dinners and receptions, value £1,800. I paid all other costs.
Destination of visit: Davos, Switzerland
Dates of visit: 2-6 January 2024
Purpose of visit: 68th Annual British-Swiss Parliamentary ski week with the APPG for Switzerland, including political meetings with Swiss Parliamentarians and diplomats.
(Registered 23 January 2024)
Name of donor: Betting and Gaming Council
Address of donor: 1 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4BU
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Two tickets to the Dublin Racing Festival, including flights and accommodation, total value £1,249.61
Destination of visit: Dublin
Dates of visit: 3-5 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend the Dublin Racing Festival.
(Registered 27 February 2024)
5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK
Name of donor: Flutter Entertainment Plc
Address of donor: Belfield Office Park, Beech Hill Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin DO4 V972, Eire
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two guest tickets for the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley Stadium including hospitality, value £700
Date received: 26 February 2023
Date accepted: 26 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 16956
(Registered 20 March 2023)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Flat in London: (i) and (ii).
8. Miscellaneous
From 31 March 2020 until further notice, unpaid partner of Infotagion LLP, an independent fact checking service. This involves a commitment of 10 hrs per month. (Registered 28 April 2020)
From 20 July 2020 until 22 July 2022, and again from 24 April 2023, unpaid board member of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a not for profit NGO headquartered in London that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation. This involved a commitment of 2 hrs per month. (Registered 22 July 2020; updated 25 July 2022 and 24 April 2023)

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