EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND EQUAL ACCESS TO SPORTS CLUBS

Motion Text

That this House applauds the award of $1.9 million by a Massachusetts jury to nine members of the Haverhill Golf Club in Haverhill, Massachusetts, because they had been denied equal rights to membership and tee times; notes that such equality is denied to women in many sports in the UK; calls on the Government to introduce new legislation on equal opportunities to all public and private clubs; and, as an interim measure, asks the Home Office to request that magistrates should not give licences to any clubs, private or public, where there is not equal membership and equal access.