Editing Greg Knight (section)

==Political career==
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Knight served as a Leicester City Councillor 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 [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] in 2001 after successfully contesting the [[East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Yorkshire]] seat.

As a backbencher, in the 1980s, he succeeded in amending licensing law in England and Wales by doubling '[[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 in the United Kingdom|capital punishment]] and spoke out against the [[apartheid]] government of South Africa during the 1980s.

He was deputy [[Chief Whip]] under [[John Major]] between 1993 and 1996 and [[Minister of State]] for Industry at the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]] from 1996 until the Conservative defeat at the 1997 election. He was made a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Councillor]] in 1995, entitling him to the style "Right Honourable".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/privy-counsellors/#k|title=Privy Counsellors|publisher=Privy Council Office|access-date=12 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221115352/http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/privy-counsellors/#k|archive-date=21 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] [[Procedure Committee]] and on four other House of Commons select committees: the [[Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)|Liaison Committee]], [[Administration Committee]], the [[Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons|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.

In 2009, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that Knight had claimed £2,600 in expenses for "driveway repairs" at his constituency home, though Knight stated that his cars were kept separately and paid for out of his own pocket.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jamieson|first1=Alistair|title=Greg Knight: MP's driveway repairs on expenses|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5336317/Greg-Knight-MPs-driveway-repairs-on-expenses.html|access-date=26 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=17 May 2009}}</ref>

Knight has successfully piloted two of his Private Members Bills into law. In 2011, he was successful in taking through Parliament the [[Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011]], a bill to make the distribution of estates fairer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110304/debtext/110304-0001.htm#11030451000004|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 04 Mar 2011 (pt 0001)|work=Hansard|publisher = UK Parliament |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>

He rejoined the government in September 2012 as a senior whip and Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household, a position he held until October 2013.

Knight is a [[Eurosceptic]] and is in favour of [[Brexit]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946|title=EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stand|date=22 June 2016|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, he introduced his second Private Member's Bill, the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill, which mandates the Government to introduce a statutory code of practice for the operators of private car parks, to require transparency and good practice to ensure that motorists are not treated unreasonably. The bill was passed by Parliament and became an Act in March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html|title=Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019|year=2019|website=www.parliament.uk|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>

Knight has argued in Parliament for "[[British Summer Time|double summertime]]", which would see the clocks go forward by two hours during summer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Rob|title=Time for debate? Don't forget the clocks go back overnight... but should they?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/time-for-debate-dont-forget-the-clocks-go-back-overnight-but-should-they-8904258.html|access-date=26 March 2015|work=The Independent|date=26 October 2013}}</ref>

He is Secretary of the [[British American Parliamentary Group]], one of the largest and most active all-party groups at Westminster.
An avid motorist, he is critical of initiatives seen as 'anti-car', such as [[congestion charging]], [[pedestrianisation]] schemes, [[speed humps]] and some '[[park and ride]]' proposals. He is chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicvehicles.org.uk/|publisher=Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group|title=Officers|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> and successfully called on the Government to exempt historic vehicles from [[MOT test]]s.<ref>[http://gregknight.com/2011/11/knight-welcomes-mot-exemption-review/ GregKnight.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103045636/http://gregknight.com/2011/11/knight-welcomes-mot-exemption-review/ |date=3 January 2013 }}</ref>

In 2011, he was shortlisted as the 'Industry Champion of the Year' by the International Historic Motoring Awards, for his work in supporting the historic and [[classic car]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historicmotoringawards.com/categories.php?category=company&page=shortlist|title=Category|work=International Historic Motoring Awards|access-date=12 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402195454/http://historicmotoringawards.com/categories.php?category=company&page=shortlist|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

Knight announced in June 2023 that he would stand down at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Conservative MP Sir Greg Knight to step down at next election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-66037229 |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=BBC News |date=27 June 2023}}</ref>