Article: Support for curbs on pole dance clubs ; Government plans to control the spread of pole dance clubs have been welcomed - as long as they don't interfere with people doing the activity to keep fit.

Government plans to control the spread of pole dance clubs have been welcomed - as long as they don't interfere with people doing the activity to keep fit.

Cllr Lynda Bowyer, who has campaigned for a change in the law, is delighted at hearing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's proposals.

The Eggbuckland Tory councillor said moves to licence pole dance clubs in the same way as sex shops would give the council control over their location and what goes on inside them.

It would stop situations such as the one surrounding the recent opening of Sirens on the Barbican, where current loopholes meant its move into pole dancing was covered by its dance entertainment

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