SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies’s campaign to get the man behind Yorkshire’s Grand Depart knighted has been backed by Commons leader William Hague.
Mr Hague said the New Year’s Honours list was not the only one of the year and he would be speaking to decision-makers.
The comments came after Mr Davies called for a Parliamentary debate into how Honours are decided after the omission of Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive Gary Verity.
Mr Davies said: “Mr Peter Smith, the Tour De France project co-coordinator for Leeds Council was awarded an MBE in the Honours List, something I am sure was well merited.
“But doesn’t that go to show what a glaring omission it was that Gary Verity, who brought the Tour De France to Yorkshire, was ignored.”
Mr Hague said: “I will certainly convey what he has said to all of those responsible, and after all the New year’s Honours list, although important, is not the only Honours list in the year.”