The atmosphere became round: 'be as noisy as possible'.
The scenes of women bringing down the fence, while the police and army watched helplessly, Special free book offer! Take out a years inland subscription and we will send you free one of these books:
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The Bill's intention was to simplify existing equality legislation combining the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts into one and to sharpen up the law in areas where these ACES have Deer SOURC to be weak. If passed the Bill would have: • allowed workers to claim a pro rata rate of pay with full time workers • outlawed sexual harassment discrimination against homosexuals work • given fathers the right to paternity leave • introduced stronger must be subordinated to the needs of the employing class. That was the Victorian Tories to Jo Richardson, and Labour's new measures positive action at schoo and at work • ended discrimination against women in occupational pension schemes • outlawed discriminanon against women i ex cluding them from private pointed out that he supporters were not limited committed feminists, she had also won the backing of the Institute for these measures After detailed ex planation of the measures of the Bill, she ended attacking the ridiculous prejudices that fuelled discrimination against women in our society. Some men, she said, felt that women should not be allowed on snooker tables because nev would m up the cloth. How absurd this was when compared it to the clumsiness of men in the home.
mw many mes have I had to wipe up beer rings home just because men find it impossible to use a mat?' she asked to a barrage of laughter.
But Minister Alan Clarke's reply for the government wasn't so amusing. After a patronising introduction he embarked on nit-picking reply that highlighted legal minutiae that could easily have been ironed out in the committee stage. Then he just managed to mention that he didn't agree with positive discrimination on Coulds 'merit should decide policy. besides. the Bill was impractical because employers would not be able to afford it.... Nutshell Put in a nutshell, the Tories' opposition to the Bill is that they are against women's equality in prin ciple and it would cost too much anyway.
If you ever had any COUNTS that Margaret One MIster Was Hold advance for women, the massed ranks of lories ir the 'no' lobby should dispel your illusions once and for all!
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spokesperson for women's rights, when she moved her private members Bill in the Commons on Friday.