Gregory Knight
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The Right Honourable Sir Gregory Knight MP |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Mark Francois |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Swayne |
| Minister of State for Energy and Industry | |
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In office 23 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Timothy Eggar |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
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In office 7 June 1993 – 23 July 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Succeeded by | Andrew MacKay |
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Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | John Townend |
| Majority | 14,933 (29.9%) |
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Member of Parliament for Derby North |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Philip Whitehead |
| Succeeded by | Bob Laxton |
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4 April 1949 Blaby, Leicestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Ormond |
| Alma mater | The College of Law |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Website | www.gregknight.com |
Sir Gregory Knight (born 4 April 1949) is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire and was re-elected with an increased majority in the general election of 2015.
Born in Blaby, Leicestershire, Knight was educated at Alderman Newton’s Grammar School, Leicester, and the College of Law Guildford, qualifying as a solicitor in 1973.
Knight served as a Leicester City for Castle Ward and Leicestershire County Councillor for Evington Division from 1976 to 1981.
He was MP for Derby North from 1983 until the 1997 election, when he lost his seat. He returned to the House of Commons in 2001 after successfully contesting the East Yorkshire seat.
As a backbencher, in the 1980s, he succeeded in amending the UK's licensing law by doubling UK 'drinking up time' on licensed premises from ten to twenty minutes, a concession that was welcomed by the industry and drinkers alike. However the 2003 Licensing Act ended standard permitted hours and provides for an unspecified drinking up time determined by the licensee’s discretion.
He is in favour of bringing back capital punishment and spoke out against the Apartheid government of South Africa during the 1980s.
He had been deputy Chief Whip under John Major between 1993 and 1996 and was Minister of State for Industry at the Department of Trade and Industry from 1996 until the Conservative defeat at the 1997 election. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1995, entitling him to the style "Right Honourable".
He served under Michael Howard as a shadow minister for Environment and Transport until 2005. In the 2005–10 Parliament he was Chairman of the House of Commons Procedure Committee and on four other House of Commons select committees: the Liaison Committee, Administration Committee, the Committee on Modernisation of the House and the Standards and Privileges Committee. He was re-elected unopposed to the chair of the Procedure Committee in 2010.
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