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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rescued 1 archive link. &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki143/index.php?title=User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User:GreenC/WaybackMedic 2.5 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Wayback Medic 2.5&lt;/a&gt; per &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki143/index.php?title=WP:URLREQ&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;WP:URLREQ (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;WP:URLREQ#guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l94&quot;&gt;Line 94:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In June 2013 Chope was one of four MPs who camped outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on an &amp;#039;Alternative Queen&amp;#039;s Speech&amp;#039; – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AQS&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html|title=Conservative MPs launch attempt to bring back death penalty, privatise the BBC and ban burka |first=Robert |last=Watts |date=20 June 2013 |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621010149/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html|archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 42 policies were listed including [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|reintroduction]] of the [[death penalty]] and [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|conscription]], the privatisation of the [[BBC]], banning the [[Burqa|burka]] in public places, holding a referendum on same-sex marriage and preparing to leave the [[European Union]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AQS&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In 1990, while a Southampton MP, Chope voted for the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder under certain circumstances.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1990/dec/17/death-penalty-for-murder|title=Death Penalty for Murder|date=17 December 1990|access-date=14 July 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{primary source inline|date=March 2023}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In June 2013 Chope was one of four MPs who camped outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on an &amp;#039;Alternative Queen&amp;#039;s Speech&amp;#039; – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AQS&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html|title=Conservative MPs launch attempt to bring back death penalty, privatise the BBC and ban burka |first=Robert |last=Watts |date=20 June 2013 |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621010149/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html|archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 42 policies were listed including [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|reintroduction]] of the [[death penalty]] and [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|conscription]], the privatisation of the [[BBC]], banning the [[Burqa|burka]] in public places, holding a referendum on same-sex marriage and preparing to leave the [[European Union]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AQS&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In 1990, while a Southampton MP, Chope voted for the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder under certain circumstances.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1990/dec/17/death-penalty-for-murder|title=Death Penalty for Murder|date=17 December 1990|access-date=14 July 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{primary source inline|date=March 2023}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In July 2017 Chope and [[Peter Bone]], the Conservative MP for [[Wellingborough and Rushden]], tabled 73 bills between them, of which 47 were placed by Chope.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/brexit-bank-holiday-among-scores-of-measures-proposed-by-mps-36102798.html|title=Brexit bank holiday among scores of measures proposed by MPs|date=5 September 2017|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153329/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/brexit-bank-holiday-among-scores-of-measures-proposed-by-mps-36102798.html|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:4&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15441893.The_47_bills_Christchurch_MP_Chris_Chope_wants_to_put_before_Parliament/|title=The 47 bills Christchurch MP Chris Chope wants to put before Parliament|last=Slade|first=Darren|date=29 July 2017|work=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616152652/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15441893.The_47_bills_Christchurch_MP_Chris_Chope_wants_to_put_before_Parliament/|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In order to be at the front of the queue to table the bills, the pair had camped in the Palace of Westminster for three days. Chope&#039;s bills included legislation to privatise the BBC and [[Channel 4]], limit the interest rate chargeable on [[Tuition fees in the United Kingdom|student loan debt]] (and forgive it in certain circumstances), reduce [[Stamp duty in the United Kingdom|stamp duty]], and decriminalise TV licence-dodging. Because of the number of slots for bills they took, Chope and Bone were criticised, including by [[Paul Flynn (politician)|Paul Flynn]], for their actions.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:4&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In July 2017 Chope and [[Peter Bone]], the Conservative MP for [[Wellingborough and Rushden]], tabled 73 bills between them, of which 47 were placed by Chope.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/brexit-bank-holiday-among-scores-of-measures-proposed-by-mps-36102798.html|title=Brexit bank holiday among scores of measures proposed by MPs|date=5 September 2017|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153329/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/brexit-bank-holiday-among-scores-of-measures-proposed-by-mps-36102798.html|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:4&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15441893.The_47_bills_Christchurch_MP_Chris_Chope_wants_to_put_before_Parliament/|title=The 47 bills Christchurch MP Chris Chope wants to put before Parliament|last=Slade|first=Darren|date=29 July 2017|work=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616152652/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15441893.The_47_bills_Christchurch_MP_Chris_Chope_wants_to_put_before_Parliament/|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In order to be at the front of the queue to table the bills, the pair had camped in the Palace of Westminster for three days. Chope&#039;s bills included legislation to privatise the BBC and [[Channel 4]], limit the interest rate chargeable on [[Tuition fees in the United Kingdom|student loan debt]] (and forgive it in certain circumstances), reduce [[Stamp duty in the United Kingdom|stamp duty]], and decriminalise TV licence-dodging. Because of the number of slots for bills they took, Chope and Bone were criticised, including by [[Paul Flynn (&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;British &lt;/ins&gt;politician)|Paul Flynn]], for their actions.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:4&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In March 2019 Chope was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite magazine|magazine=Attitude |title=These are the 21 MPs who Just Voted Against LGBT-Inclusive Sex and Relationship Education |url=https://attitude.co.uk/article/these-are-the-21-mps-who-just-voted-against-lgbt-inclusive-inclusive-sex-and-relationship-education/20620/|date=28 March 2019 |first=Will |last=Stroude |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329003005/https://attitude.co.uk/article/these-are-the-21-mps-who-just-voted-against-lgbt-inclusive-inclusive-sex-and-relationship-education/20620/|archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019|url=https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/650#noes|date=27 March 2019|website=UK Parliament|access-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025226/https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/650#noes|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In March 2019 Chope was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite magazine|magazine=Attitude |title=These are the 21 MPs who Just Voted Against LGBT-Inclusive Sex and Relationship Education |url=https://attitude.co.uk/article/these-are-the-21-mps-who-just-voted-against-lgbt-inclusive-inclusive-sex-and-relationship-education/20620/|date=28 March 2019 |first=Will |last=Stroude |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329003005/https://attitude.co.uk/article/these-are-the-21-mps-who-just-voted-against-lgbt-inclusive-inclusive-sex-and-relationship-education/20620/|archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019|url=https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/650#noes|date=27 March 2019|website=UK Parliament|access-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025226/https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/650#noes|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In December 2013, Chope objected to the second reading of the [[Alan Turing]] (Statutory Pardon) Bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingpinknewsdec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/12/02/lib-dem-mp-john-leech-disappointed-at-delay-to-alan-turing-pardon-bill|title=Lib Dem MP John Leech disappointed at delay to Alan Turing pardon bill|last=Roberts|first=Scott|date=2 December 2013|work=Pink News|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225050250/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/12/02/lib-dem-mp-john-leech-disappointed-at-delay-to-alan-turing-pardon-bill|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Because of this, the government decided to act under the [[royal prerogative of mercy]]. On 24 December 2013,&amp;lt;!-- Mercy was effective from 24 December although it was announced on the night of 23rd --&amp;gt; [[Queen Elizabeth II]] granted Turing a free pardon.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingindependent24dec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html|title=Alan Turing gets his royal pardon for &amp;#039;gross indecency&amp;#039; – 61 years after he poisoned himself |work=The Independent |date=23 December 2013 |first=Oliver |last=Wright |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224035745/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html|archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingpardontelegraph24dec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html|title=Alan Turing granted Royal pardon by the Queen|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502103553/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In December 2013, Chope objected to the second reading of the [[Alan Turing]] (Statutory Pardon) Bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingpinknewsdec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/12/02/lib-dem-mp-john-leech-disappointed-at-delay-to-alan-turing-pardon-bill|title=Lib Dem MP John Leech disappointed at delay to Alan Turing pardon bill|last=Roberts|first=Scott|date=2 December 2013|work=Pink News|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225050250/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/12/02/lib-dem-mp-john-leech-disappointed-at-delay-to-alan-turing-pardon-bill|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Because of this, the government decided to act under the [[royal prerogative of mercy]]. On 24 December 2013,&amp;lt;!-- Mercy was effective from 24 December although it was announced on the night of 23rd --&amp;gt; [[Queen Elizabeth II]] granted Turing a free pardon.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingindependent24dec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html|title=Alan Turing gets his royal pardon for &amp;#039;gross indecency&amp;#039; – 61 years after he poisoned himself |work=The Independent |date=23 December 2013 |first=Oliver |last=Wright |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224035745/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html|archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;turingpardontelegraph24dec2013&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html|title=Alan Turing granted Royal pardon by the Queen|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502103553/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In November 2014, Chope blocked a bill that would have banned the use of wild animals in circus performances, on the basis that a bill on EU membership should have been called before the bill.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11602645.Anger_after_bill_to_ban_wild_animals_in_circuses_is_blocked_by_MP_Chris_Chope/|title=Anger after bill to ban wild animals in circuses is blocked by MP Chris Chope|last=Frampton|first=Will|date=14 November 2014|work=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190657/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11602645.Anger_after_bill_to_ban_wild_animals_in_circuses_is_blocked_by_MP_Chris_Chope/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same month, Chope, alongside [[Philip Davies]], the Conservative MP for [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]], [[filibuster]]ed a bill intended to make [[revenge eviction]]s an offence.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/109177/mps_block_revenge_evictions_bill_shelter_response.html|title=MPs block revenge evictions bill – Shelter Response |date=5 December 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205004416/https://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/109177/mps_block_revenge_evictions_bill_shelter_response.html|archive-date=5 December 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Defending his filibuster, Chope said that the bill would have weakened landlords&#039; ability to recover possession, deterring them from letting properties.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11635068.MP_Chris_Chope_defends_blocking_bill_to_ban__revenge_evictions__after_criticism/|title=MP Chris Chope defends blocking bill to ban &#039;revenge evictions&#039; after criticism|last=Slade|first=Darren|date=29 November 2014|website=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165205/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11635068.MP_Chris_Chope_defends_blocking_bill_to_ban__revenge_evictions__after_criticism/|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Chope was reported as having been a private landlord himself, but he denied these claims.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/christopher-chope-upskirting-bill_uk_5b23e1e1e4b0a0a5277b1fa6|title=Who is Christopher Chope, The MP Who Derailed The Upskirting Bill?|last=Slawson|first=Nicola|date=15 June 2018|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615220134/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/christopher-chope-upskirting-bill_uk_5b23e1e1e4b0a0a5277b1fa6|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In November 2014, Chope blocked a bill that would have banned the use of wild animals in circus performances, on the basis that a bill on EU membership should have been called before the bill.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11602645.Anger_after_bill_to_ban_wild_animals_in_circuses_is_blocked_by_MP_Chris_Chope/|title=Anger after bill to ban wild animals in circuses is blocked by MP Chris Chope|last=Frampton|first=Will|date=14 November 2014|work=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190657/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11602645.Anger_after_bill_to_ban_wild_animals_in_circuses_is_blocked_by_MP_Chris_Chope/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same month, Chope, alongside [[Philip Davies]], the Conservative MP for [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]], [[filibuster]]ed a bill intended to make [[revenge eviction]]s an offence.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|last1=Home |first1=Politics &lt;/ins&gt;|url=https://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/109177/mps_block_revenge_evictions_bill_shelter_response.html|title=MPs block revenge evictions bill – Shelter Response |date=5 December 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205004416/https://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/109177/mps_block_revenge_evictions_bill_shelter_response.html|archive-date=5 December 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Defending his filibuster, Chope said that the bill would have weakened landlords&#039; ability to recover possession, deterring them from letting properties.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11635068.MP_Chris_Chope_defends_blocking_bill_to_ban__revenge_evictions__after_criticism/|title=MP Chris Chope defends blocking bill to ban &#039;revenge evictions&#039; after criticism|last=Slade|first=Darren|date=29 November 2014|website=Bournemouth Echo|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165205/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11635068.MP_Chris_Chope_defends_blocking_bill_to_ban__revenge_evictions__after_criticism/|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Chope was reported as having been a private landlord himself, but he denied these claims.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/christopher-chope-upskirting-bill_uk_5b23e1e1e4b0a0a5277b1fa6|title=Who is Christopher Chope, The MP Who Derailed The Upskirting Bill?|last=Slawson|first=Nicola|date=15 June 2018|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615220134/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/christopher-chope-upskirting-bill_uk_5b23e1e1e4b0a0a5277b1fa6|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In October 2015, Chope, Davies and Conservative MP [[David Nuttall]] filibustered a private member&amp;#039;s bill that would have placed restrictions on [[Health care in the United Kingdom#Parking charges|hospital parking charges]] for carers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Perraudin|first=Frances|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/tory-mps-filibuster-blocks-bill-to-give-carers-free-hospital-parking|title=Tory MP&amp;#039;s filibuster blocks bill to give carers free hospital parking|work=The Guardian|date=30 October 2015|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909185926/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/tory-mps-filibuster-blocks-bill-to-give-carers-free-hospital-parking|archive-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In October 2015, Chope, Davies and Conservative MP [[David Nuttall]] filibustered a private member&amp;#039;s bill that would have placed restrictions on [[Health care in the United Kingdom#Parking charges|hospital parking charges]] for carers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Perraudin|first=Frances|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/tory-mps-filibuster-blocks-bill-to-give-carers-free-hospital-parking|title=Tory MP&amp;#039;s filibuster blocks bill to give carers free hospital parking|work=The Guardian|date=30 October 2015|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909185926/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/tory-mps-filibuster-blocks-bill-to-give-carers-free-hospital-parking|archive-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.chrischope.com Chris Chope for Christchurch]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.chrischope.com Chris Chope for Christchurch]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{UK MP links |parliament=mr-christopher-chope/242 |hansardcurr=2598 |hansard=mr-christopher-chope |publicwhip=Christopher_Chope |theywork=christopher_chope}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{UK MP links |parliament=mr-christopher-chope/242 |hansardcurr=2598 |hansard=mr-christopher-chope |publicwhip=Christopher_Chope |theywork=christopher_chope}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-941,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Christopher Chope MP]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20051114182422/&lt;/ins&gt;http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-941,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Christopher Chope MP]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.christchurchconservatives.com Christchurch Conservatives]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.christchurchconservatives.com Christchurch Conservatives]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.gregpalast.com/vulture-vomit-kills-bill/ Greg Palast investigates Christopher Chope for BBC&amp;#039;s Newsnight]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.gregpalast.com/vulture-vomit-kills-bill/ Greg Palast investigates Christopher Chope for BBC&amp;#039;s Newsnight]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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