150th Open (EDM956)

150th Open

EDM number 956 in 2017-19, proposed by Stephen Gethins on 21/02/2018.
Categorised under the topic of Sports.

That this House welcomes the decision by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to stage the 150th Open at St Andrews from 11 to 18 July 2021; notes that this will be the 30th time that The Open has been played over the historic Old Course, which first hosted the championship in 1873; hopes that more people of all ages across the UK will be inspired by the tournament to take part in golf; notes that The Open delivers an economic benefit of up to £100 million to its host area; and looks forward to welcoming players and spectators from around the world to mark the occasion of the 150th staging of golf's oldest championship at the home of golf in 2021.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Craig Tracey	21/02/2018	North Warwickshire	Conservative	Withdrawn
Stephen Gethins	21/02/2018	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Nigel Evans	21/02/2018	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Glyn Davies	21/02/2018	Montgomeryshire	Conservative	Seconded
John Mann	21/02/2018	Bassetlaw	Labour	Seconded
Drew Hendry	21/02/2018	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Stewart Hosie	21/02/2018	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Gavin Newlands	21/02/2018	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	21/02/2018	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Chris Law	22/02/2018	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Shannon	22/02/2018	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Stewart McDonald	22/02/2018	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bob Blackman	23/02/2018	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
David Linden	26/02/2018	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	26/02/2018	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martyn Day	26/02/2018	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Stephens	27/02/2018	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Brown	28/02/2018	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Patrick Grady	01/03/2018	Glasgow North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Carol Monaghan	05/03/2018	Glasgow North West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Doughty	05/03/2018	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Douglas Chapman	07/03/2018	Dunfermline and West Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed

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