A member is pictured in the window of the private members' Garrick Club
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)The subject of the Garrick Club’s “gentlemen only” policy, which has been in operation for 191 years, has reared its head once more after MPs have backed a motion calling for the institution to revoke its policy. The motion was tabled by Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans, and has so far been supported by seven MPs from all parties — except the Conservatives.
The motion urges members “to behave ethically by holding a vote on, and voting in favour of, admitting women as members” and regrets “that currently the Garrick affords men opportunities through their membership to form connections with senior legal practitioners and members of the judiciary, which may support their professional aspirations, and that these opportunities are not available to women”.
