Active in Parliament (National Campaign)

Since he was first elected as the MP for Christchurch, Chris has won a reputation for speaking out fearlessly on behalf of constituents, putting their interests ahead of Party loyalty.

Chris wants to ensure that changes to our laws are properly scrutinised before being enacted. 

Chris has spoken in numerous Parliamentary debates and is a frequent questioner of Ministers. 

He is a former joint winner of The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Award.

He intends per his Election Address to continue to be Active in Parliament.

Some of his activities in this regard can be found under this Campaign.

News

Chris Seeks Pragmatism On Net Zero Goals

Chris Seeks Pragmatism On Net Zero Goals Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the population on the ability to meet net zero targets. Graham Stuart Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Z

Chris Seeks Recommended Improvements To Pothole Maintenance

Chris Seeks Recommended Improvements To Pothole Maintenance Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage local highway authorities to fund equipment that automatically detects the leng

Chris Raising Matters Regarding Members Proxy Voting In Parliament

Chris Raising Matters Regarding Members Proxy Voting In Parliament Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch  6:29, 28 June 2023 I very much support the motion and, as a member of the Procedure Committee, have been involved in some of the discussions of it. One of the mos

Chris Seeks Fair Increases To Child Maintenance Considerations

Chris Seeks Fair Increases To Child Maintenance Considerations Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of by how much the child maintenance upper weekly limit of £3,000 gross income set in 2012 u

Chris Seeks Stats On Children Act Top-Up Maintenance Orders

Chris Seeks Stats On Children Act Top-Up Maintenance Orders Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were (a) made and (b) granted to parents with care for a top-up maintenance order under the Chil

Chris Seeks Statistics Regarding First-Tier Tribunals (Property Chamber)

Chris Seeks Statistics Regarding First-Tier Tribunals (Property Chamber) Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the First-tier Tribunal (property chamber) have been (a) made and (b) decided in each

Chris Contributes To The Risk-Based Exclusion Debate

Chris Contributes To The Risk-Based Exclusion Debate Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch In November 2022, the Commission launched “a consultation on excluding Members charged with violent or sexual offences from the Parliamentary estate until any such cases are concluded”. That