49287
2016-17
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Muirfield Golf Club Decision To Exclude Women Members
George Kerevan
2016-05-19
That this House condemns the decision by the all-male Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Muirfield Golf Club, to vote to continue to exclude women from full membership; notes that while a majority of members did support a change to the clubâs rules, regrettably a small minority were able to block the two-thirds vote required to admit female members; further notes that as a result of this retrograde step, the sportâs governing body, the R&A at St Andrews, has said that Muirfield will no longer be eligible to host the Open Championship; further condemns this decision for sending entirely the wrong message to the rest of the world regarding Scottish society, as well as undermining years of collective effort and public support to attract visitors to Scotlandâs historic golf coast in East Lothian; condemns the decision for signalling to women that their interest in golf is being discouraged, while it sends a very wrong message to young men about treating women as equals; calls on the club to continue internal discussions and hold a second ballot to allow full membership to everyone regardless of sex; and calls on the Sports Ministers of the UK and devolved administrations to boycott future events held at Muirfield until this happens.
Sports
George Kerevan
2016-05-19
Proposed
East Lothian
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2016-05-19
Seconded
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2016-05-19
Seconded
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Phil Boswell
2016-05-19
Seconded
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Scottish National Party
Gavin Newlands
2016-05-19
Seconded
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2016-05-19
Seconded
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Ian Blackford
2016-05-19
Signed
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2016-05-19
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
Mhairi Black
2016-05-19
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2016-05-19
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Peter Grant
2016-05-19
Signed
Glenrothes
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2016-05-19
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Tommy Sheppard
2016-05-19
Signed
Edinburgh East
Scottish National Party
Michael Weir
2016-05-19
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
Martin Docherty
2016-05-19
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2016-05-19
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Douglas Chapman
2016-05-19
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Martyn Day
2016-05-23
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Geoffrey Robinson
2016-05-23
Signed
Coventry North West
Labour
Liz Saville Roberts
2016-05-23
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Paul Monaghan
2016-05-23
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Roger Mullin
2016-05-23
Signed
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Scottish National Party
Stewart McDonald
2016-05-23
Signed
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Kirsten Oswald
2016-05-23
Signed
East Renfrewshire
Scottish National Party
Pete Wishart
2016-05-23
Signed
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Natalie McGarry
2016-05-23
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
John McNally
2016-05-23
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Corri Wilson
2016-05-23
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Scottish National Party
Patrick Grady
2016-05-23
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Alan Meale
2016-05-23
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Ronnie Cowan
2016-05-23
Signed
Inverclyde
Scottish National Party
John Nicolson
2016-05-23
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2016-05-23
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Stuart McDonald
2016-05-23
Signed
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish National Party
Kevin Barron
2016-05-24
Signed
Rother Valley
Labour
Angus MacNeil
2016-05-24
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Chris Evans
2016-05-24
Signed
Islwyn
Labour
John Mann
2016-05-24
Signed
Bassetlaw
Labour
Paul Flynn
2016-05-24
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Michelle Thomson
2016-05-24
Signed
Edinburgh West
Scottish National Party
Joanna Cherry
2016-05-25
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
Marion Fellows
2016-05-25
Signed
Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish National Party
Jonathan Edwards
2016-05-25
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Richard Arkless
2016-05-26
Signed
Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2016-05-26
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Hywel Williams
2016-05-26
Signed
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Steve Rotheram
2016-05-26
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Labour
Deidre Brock
2016-05-26
Signed
Edinburgh North and Leith
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2016-06-06
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Roger Godsiff
2016-06-08
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Steven Paterson
2016-06-20
Signed
Stirling
Scottish National Party
Valerie Vaz
2016-09-05
Signed
Walsall South
Labour