Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) regulations 2020 Debate
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Bambos Charalambous
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Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) regulations 2020
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Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
I want to ask the Minister just a couple of questions. I very much welcome the regulations and I entirely agree with the speech made by my hon. Friend the Member for Slough and with the Minister’s remarks. However, I have been lobbied by the Hadley Wood rail user group, which has concerns about safety on public transport.
One of the group’s concerns is whether wearing a face mask also relates to stations and to the outside of carriages before a train leaves the station. The group’s other concern is about whether there will be sufficient resources for enforcement as to people breaching these regulations—so, whether there will be sufficient resources, including sufficient staff, to make sure that there is proper enforcement.
Those are the only issues I want to raise, and I am sure the Minister will respond to them.