This is an accepted version of this page Christopher Bishop (born 4 September 1983)[2] is a New Zealand politician for the National Party.

[3][4] His father, John Bishop, was a political journalist and founder of the Atlas Network affiliated New Zealand Taxpayers' Union.

[8] He graduated Victoria University of Wellington with first-class honours in Law and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics.

I intend to work hard to repay that faith.Bishop served on the Finance and Expenditure, Justice and Electoral, and Regulations Review select committees.

Long-serving Member of Parliament for Hutt South Trevor Mallard did not contest the election, instead choosing to only appear on the Labour list to become Speaker of the House.

Following Bill English's resignation in February 2018, Bishop publicly endorsed Amy Adams for Leader of the National Party.

[20] In February 2018 it was disclosed that Bishop was using the social media platform Snapchat to communicate with his constituents including teenage girls.

[29][30] Muller resigned after 55 days becoming the shortest serving leader of any political party represented in Parliament in New Zealand's history,[31] being replaced by Judith Collins.

[33] With Muller's backers Bishop and Willis rising under Collins, political commentators speculated that "potential dissenters are being kept busy with big new portfolios".

[34] In June 2020, claims were made by Health Minister David Clark that Bishop lobbied for the early release from the quarantine of two sisters who later tested positive for COVID-19.

[39] On 30 August, Collins denied losing her temper at Bishop and fellow National MP Erica Stanford for publicly suggesting that they disagreed with the Party's stance on the conversion therapy legislation.

[43] On 19 January 2023, Bishop became the National Party's urban development and Resource Management Act (RMA) Reform spokesperson following a reshuffle of Luxon's Shadow Cabinet.

[47] On 15 March 2024 Bishop, as Leader of the House, expressed disagreement with the New Zealand Free Speech Union's (FSU) criticism of the National-led Government's repeated use of "urgency" in passing legislation during its first 100 days in power.

The FSU expressed concern that bills passed under urgency received less scrutiny from MPs and the public, and could become law without going through the full Select Committee process.

[48] On 20 March 2024, Housing Minister Bishop and Finance Minister Nicola Willis ordered state housing provider Kāinga Ora to end the previous Labour Government's "Sustainable Tenancies Framework" and take disciplinary action against tenants with behavioural issues and persistent rent arrears.

[50] By mid-July 2024, 14 state housing tenancies had been revoked in the past three months due to behavioural issues or persistent rent arrears.

[51] On 23 April 2024, Bishop as RMA Reform Minister announced that the Government would scrap or ease several farming, mining, environmental and other industrial regulations as part of its planned overhaul of the Resource Management Act 1991.

He said that the Guiding Principles were supposed to be voluntary rather than mandatory in accordance with a provision in the National-NZ First coalition agreement which "committed the Government to ensuring that publicly funded sporting bodies support fair competition that is not compromised by rules relating to gender.