Damian Green

Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who served as First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from June to December 2017 in the Second May government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford from 1997 to the 2024 general election when he was defeated.

Quotes
Jackson's Bay in Barry used to be a sewage outlet where we all went and paddled and swam - it was regarded as acceptable.
 * [On the issue of sewage in rivers, lakes and the sea] I'm not denying its a big issue but it always has been. I remember as a child in south Wales swimming in sewage.
 * On Peston (17 May 2023), as cited in "Water pollution: Tory MP says he swam in sewage as a child" BBC News (17 May 2023)