RACE BILL REJECTED
Labour Peer’s Move
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter— Copyright)
LONDON, May 15
The House of Lords last night rejected a private (nonGovernment) bill seeking to ban racial discrimination in British hotels and places of entertainment
The bill’s sponsor. Lord Walston, a Labour peer, said
:t was • ‘quite staggering and more than disheartening” to see the pile of evidence that discrimination was very real in many British towns. In particular there was discrimination against Jews in such places as golf clubs, he said. The bill was not confined to coloured people but sought to outlaw discrimination on grounds of race or religion as well as colour. Lord Walston said Britain should have no ‘ second class citizens.”
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Kilmuir) said the problem could not be solved by legislation. He detested discrimination but he also detested infringements of liberty. The Anglican Bishop of London (Dr. R. W. Stopford) said tensions occurred mostly when the races competed for the same thing—houses, jobs, or women. Legislation might intensify these tensions.
The bill was rejected by 41 votes to 21.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29824, 17 May 1962, Page 19
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