Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59219

Balaclavas: Public Places

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

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

Alex Norris
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...
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