Christopher Chope

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]].{{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}} Because of this, the government decided to act under the [[royal prerogative of mercy]]. On 24 December 2013, [[Queen Elizabeth II]] granted Turing a free pardon.{{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 'gross indecency' – 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}}{{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}}

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]].{{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}} Because of this, the government decided to act under the [[royal prerogative of mercy]]. On 24 December 2013, [[Queen Elizabeth II]] granted Turing a free pardon.{{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 'gross indecency' – 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}}{{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}}

In November 2014, Chope blocked a bill that would have [[Bans on circus animals|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.{{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}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Home |first1=Politics |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}} Defending his filibuster, Chope said that the bill would have weakened landlords' ability to recover possession, deterring them from letting properties.{{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 'revenge evictions' 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}} Chope was reported as having been a private landlord himself, but he denied these claims.{{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}}

In November 2014, Chope blocked a bill that would have [[Bans on circus animals|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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} Defending his filibuster, Chope said that the bill would have weakened landlords' ability to recover possession, deterring them from letting properties.{{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 'revenge evictions' 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}} Chope was reported as having been a private landlord himself, but he denied these claims.{{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}}

In October 2015, Chope, Davies and Conservative MP [[David Nuttall]] filibustered a private member's bill that would have placed restrictions on [[Health care in the United Kingdom#Parking charges|hospital parking charges]] for carers.{{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'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}}

In October 2015, Chope, Davies and Conservative MP [[David Nuttall]] filibustered a private member's bill that would have placed restrictions on [[Health care in the United Kingdom#Parking charges|hospital parking charges]] for carers.{{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'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}}