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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
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Department Debates
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Legislation Debates
Christopher Chope has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Christopher Chope
Town and Country Planning
Tabled by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Scampton) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 412), dated 20 March 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 March 2024, be annulled.
(Most recent: 15 Apr 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 22
Dogs
Tabled by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 1164), dated 31 October 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 31 October 2023, be annulled.
(Most recent: 8 Jan 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 8
Labour: 4
Liberal Democrat: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Christopher Chope, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Christopher Chope has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Christopher Chope has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
222 Bills introduced by Christopher Chope
A Bill to amend the provisions about pitch fees in the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 2nd May 2023 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of political opinion polling in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 1st March 2016
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 20th January 2012
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Friday 3rd February 2023
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.
Friday 21st October 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about Parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy five; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to limit exit payments made by public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Friday 13th March 2020
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to establish a national register of green belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated green belt land; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the carrying out and publication of reviews of the level of public expenditure in connection with the High Speed 2 rail line (Phase 1); to establish procedures in connection with changes in these levels; and for connected purposes.
Friday 8th February 2019
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Government to publish an annual review of the net yield to HM Treasury of tax rates and duties levied, including estimates of the impact on yield of changes to rates of those taxes and duties; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to limit the rate of interest chargeable on outstanding student loan debt; and for connected purposes.
Friday 25th January 2019
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of stamp duty rates on residential property.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit permanent derogations from a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built-up areas in England; to make provision for the circumstances in which speed limits below 30 miles per hour may be introduced; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the availability of public services during weekday evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to remove certain restrictions on the production and sale of goods manufactured in the United Kingdom for use in the United Kingdom, in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the maintenance and repair of roads by local authorities in England; to make provision for prescribing the use of funds for this purpose; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of tariffs on goods imported into the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the accountability of clinical commissioning groups; to make provision about local referendums on NHS sustainability and transformation plans; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for fruit and vegetables to be classified by flavour, condition and size for the purposes of sale in the UK; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict the rights of vessels not registered in the United Kingdom to fish in territorial waters; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sector; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to impose duties on the Electoral Commission to investigate allegations of electoral fraud and other breaches of electoral law and to act as the prosecuting authority for such offences; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to reduce Value Added Tax on domestic energy bills; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about private prosecutions in cases of suspected criminal fraud in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non-built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the recruitment and retention of Volunteer Reserves for the Armed Forces; to make provision for the eligibility for deployment of such reserves; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.
Friday 5th February 2016
A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.
Friday 4th March 2016
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK Citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Friday 5th February 2016
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 4th March 2016
A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter; to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.
Friday 26th February 2016
A Bill to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for defence expenditure to constitute a minimum of 2% of Gross Domestic Product; to make provision that the definition of defence expenditure is subject to independent verification; and for connected purposes.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision to ensure that pupils with a parent with a terminal or seriously disabling illness receive priority in the admissions process to maintained schools in England.
Friday 7th November 2014
A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter and to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 24th October 2014
A Bill to make provision for a national referendum on whether the proposed construction of the HS2 railway should be supported financially by the UK taxpayer.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in Parliamentary and Local Elections.
Friday 5th December 2014
A Bill to restrict the height, number, location and operation of wind turbines situated off shore within twenty miles of the coast; to restrict subsidies available for such turbines; and to make provision regulating the length, location and environmental impact of cables connecting such turbines to the national grid; and for connected purposes.
Friday 16th January 2015
A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non-built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.
Friday 16th January 2015
Friday 16th January 2015
A Bill to limit the application of the EU Working Time Directive; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom has absolute control over the right to prevent non-UK citizens from entering the United Kingdom; to determine the circumstances in which non-UK citizens may be required to leave the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK Citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.
Friday 1st April 2011
Friday 17th June 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make further provision to limit the size of the legislature by ensuring that the number of peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords does not exceed the number of parliamentary constituencies; to introduce a statutory limit on the number of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in each House of Parliament; and to set a maximum proportion of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in the total membership of each House of Parliament.
Friday 4th March 2011
Friday 13th May 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would impose a maximum limit of £50,000 on all compensatory awards made by Employment Tribunals arising out of cases brought for unfair or wrongful dismissal or unlawful discrimination.
Friday 17th June 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 18th March 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 10th June 2011
A Bill to make provision to require all institutions of further and higher education in receipt of public funds to allocate places on merit; and for connected purposes.
Friday 4th March 2011
The Bill would make provision for roadside testing for illegal drugs.
Friday 10th June 2011
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to review, and publish a report on, the merits of increasing the relevant statutory sum under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for all claims since 1 January 2020 by an amount representing the amount of inflation since 2007.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide that a draft statutory instrument which is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure may be amended by either House of Parliament before it is approved; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to restrict the defences available to highway authorities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax goods or services which are beneficial to the environment, to health and safety, to education or for charitable purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide for an exemption from the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 relating to dogs bred for fighting and other specially dangerous dogs for persons who hold a licence; to make provision relating to such licences; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; to provide for a special time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 for actions in respect of personal injury or death following a Covid-19 vaccination; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for Arm’s-Length Bodies to be directly accountable to Parliament.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Monday 20th June 2022
A Bill to prohibit the transfer of personal data by the NHS without the authority of the data subject; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to extend the definition of children's clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the expiration of the Working Time Regulations 1998; to provide for regulations governing working time; to make provision about holiday pay for employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to enable the maximum turnover threshold for exemption from the requirement to register for VAT to be raised; to make provision for the exemption of certain goods and services from liability to VAT; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 3rd March 2020
A Bill to prohibit permanent derogations from a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built-up areas in England; to make provision for the circumstances in which speed limits below 30 miles per hour may be introduced; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the reduction of stamp duty rates on residential property.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the forgiveness or discharge of student loan debt in certain circumstances; to make provision about the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to limit the rate of interest chargeable on outstanding student loan debt; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require the Government to publish an annual review of the net yield to HM Treasury of tax rates and duties levied, including estimates of the impact on yield of changes to rates of those taxes and duties; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the definition of international development assistance; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to impose duties relating to the provision of public education on free trade; to require regular reports from government on trade arrangements with other countries; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; to make provision for the repeal or amendment of regulations; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory powers and functions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for guidance to schools about reducing anxiety about environmental concerns among pupils and staff; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the maintenance and repair of roads by local authorities in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the availability of public services during weekday evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens to publicly-funded benefits and services; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to require cost-benefit analysis and independent audit before payments are made by the Government to a foreign country or international organisation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for an independent audit of the costs and benefits of meeting the requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 for net United Kingdom carbon emissions to be zero by 2050; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign national criminal offenders and prisoners; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about requirements for non-UK citizens seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom; to make provision about a process for the removal from the United Kingdom of non-UK citizens, in certain circumstances and on the basis of established criteria; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about private prosecutions in cases of suspected criminal fraud in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to repeal provisions for the compulsory retirement of holders of judicial office on the grounds of age; to remove upper age limits for appointment to judicial office; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require persons bringing claims or proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 to satisfy a test of reasonableness and equity; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the local accountability of clinical commissioning groups; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to amend Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 to provide that any selective licensing scheme for residential accommodation extends to social housing.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to reduce anxiety about environmental concerns among the general population; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to establish a national register of green belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated green belt land; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the removal of restrictions on principal local authorities in England to set levels of council tax; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; to exempt electronic cigarettes from UK law derived from the Tobacco Products Directive; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the acquisition of land and property by local authorities in England outside their own local authority boundaries; to limit the power of local authorities to invest in commercial risk-taking enterprises; to limit public borrowing by local authorities for non-core activities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to amend the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 to remove planning permission requirements for caravan site licence applicants; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to reduce Value Added Tax on domestic energy bills; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for independent audits of the costs and benefits of the decarbonisation of road transport, and of the regulation of the sale and production of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to impose duties relating to the provision of public education on free trade; to require regular reports from government on trade arrangements with other countries; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the definition of a coastal path in England in respect of the coastal access duty under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable the maximum turnover threshold for exemption from the requirement to register for VAT to be raised; to make provision for the exemption of certain goods and services from liability to VAT; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for affordable home ownership; to require the inclusion of rent to buy homes in the definition of affordable housing; to make provision for a minimum proportion of new affordable housing to be available on affordable rent to buy terms; to provide relief from stamp duty when an affordable rent to buy home is purchased; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit principal local authorities being abolished in the absence of the authority of its elected councillors and a local referendum; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the acquisition of land and property by local authorities in England outside their own local authority boundaries; to limit the power of local authorities to invest in commercial risk-taking enterprises; to limit public borrowing by local authorities for non-core activities; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to limit exit payments made by public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 to extend public access to certain documents that are commercially confidential and documents relating to NHS bodies in England; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the requirements for non-UK citizens seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom; to make provision about a process for the removal from the United Kingdom of non-UK citizens, in certain circumstances and on the basis of established criteria; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit persons from being registered to vote in Parliamentary elections in more than one constituency; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision to require cost-benefit analysis and independent audit before payments are made by the Government to a foreign country or international organisation; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision about the forgiveness or discharge of student loan debt in certain circumstances; to make provision about the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons that have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to repeal provisions for the compulsory retirement of holders of judicial office on the grounds of age; to remove upper age limits for appointment to judicial office; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; to exempt electronic cigarettes from UK law derived from the Tobacco Products Directive; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens to publicly-funded benefits and services; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the definition of international development assistance; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the removal of restrictions on principal local authorities in England to set levels of council tax; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign national criminal offenders and of prisoners who are citizens of European Union Member States; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; to make provision for the repeal or amendment of regulations; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory powers and functions; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to require persons bringing claims or proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 to satisfy a test of reasonableness and equity; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision about holiday pay for employees; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the expiration of the Working Time Regulations 1998; to provide for regulations governing working time; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in parliamentary and local elections.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 6th July 2015
Wednesday 20th January 2016
A Bill to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom has absolute control over the right to prevent non-UK citizens from entering the United Kingdom; to determine the circumstances in which non-UK citizens may be required to leave the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to make provision for the limitation of subsidies for the development and operation of off-shore wind farms.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to limit the application of the EU Working Time Directive; and for connected purposes.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to make provision for a statutory code of practice to clarify and simplify the law relating to protection against unfair dismissal of miscreant employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Monday 7th July 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict the height, number, location and subsidies of wind turbines situated offshore within 20 miles of the coast.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require that asylum claims in the United Kingdom be lodged within three months of the claimant’s arrival in the United Kingdom; and that persons who have already entered the United Kingdom and wish to make an asylum claim must do so within three months of the passing of this Act.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the collection and publication of information relating to the nationality of those in receipt of benefits and of those to whom national insurance numbers are issued.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sectors; and for connected purposes.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict access by foreign nationals to United Kingdom public services for which no charge is made.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require that claims by employees alleging sexual impropriety be limited to cases where the alleged misconduct is contrary to the criminal law and has been reported to the police.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the Government to give notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
Monday 24th June 2013
A Bill to amend the National Health Service Redress Act 2006 to facilitate faster resolution of claims and reduce costs; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
A Bill to empower the Secretary of State to abolish National Park Authorities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to exempt self-employed persons engaged in low hazard activity from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to abolish the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to exempt employers from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment in respect of low hazard workplaces and the premises of those working from their own home with low hazard equipment.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would require central government Departments, executive agencies, non-Departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and public corporations to make an annual declaration of any of their tangible fixed assets that were unused on 1 January each year and the length of time those assets had been out of use. They would then be required to offer for sale at public auction any tangible fixed assets that had been out of use for more than one year.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce qualification requirements for health and safety consultants; to provide accreditation for such consultants; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in respect of systems of risk assessment; to make provision for separate requirements for play, leisure and work-based activities; to introduce simplified risk assessments for schools; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to facilitate the sale of park homes by residential owners; to restrict the ability of site owners to interfere in such sales; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to raise to £25,000 the upper limit for awards for road traffic accident personal injury claims introduced under the simplified claims procedure.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to reduce the duties on employers to report matters under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for minimum turn-out thresholds for referendums; to impose restrictions on holding elections and referendums on the same day; to facilitate combined referendums on different issues; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would require that a criminal records office (defined as "the Criminal Records Bureau or any successor body with similar statutory functions") must keep copies of all Magistrates’ Courts Registers, and any other registers produced by a court listing convictions, in electronic form, and must make these accessible to the public. It would provide that such information would not be considered 'personal information' for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prevent conditional fee agreement success fees and after the event insurance premiums being recoverable from the losing party in civil litigation; to facilitate damages-based agreements for contingency fees in respect of successful litigants; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
A Bill to enable the national minimum wage to be varied to reflect local labour market conditions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill would provide that anyone entitled to the national minimum wage, as defined in the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, would lose that entitlement if they had entered into a written contract of employment offering them a training wage and training from the employer in skills relevant to the employment.
Monday 5th July 2010
8 Bills co-sponsored by Christopher Chope
Voter Registration Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
June Bank Holiday (Creation) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Voter Registration (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Philip Davies (Con)
Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2018
Sponsor - Maria Caulfield (Con)
Business of the House Commission Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)