Balaclavas: Public Places
Commons · Question 59219 · Tabled 11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the outcomes of bans on wearing full face coverings in public spaces in (a) France
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 24 Jun 2025
Britain has a proud tradition of freedom of speech and religious expression within the confines of the law. There are no current general policies or legislations that ban the wearing of religious and non-religious full-face coverings in public spaces. The...