This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Parliament to debate whether Christopher Chope's Knighthood should be removed
Rejected on
Sir Christopher Chope today (15 June 2018) used Parliamentary procedure to block legislation which would have made "upskirting" (the invasion of a female's sexual privacy) a criminal offence.
Parliament should debate whether he should have his Knighthood for "political and public service" removed
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about honours or appointments.
We can't accept petitions about honours. In any case, Parliament isn't responsible for taking away honours. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/having-honours-taken-away-forfeiture
If you'd like the procedure of objecting to Bills to change, you may wish to sign this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/222338
If you'd like the law on upskirting to change, you may wish to sign this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216290
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.