Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the decision to require individuals to wear face coverings in places of worship during the covid-19 outbreak.
Members of the public must wear a face covering in a range of indoor public settings in England, which includes places of worship.
The wearing of face covering does not replace or change existing advice on other measures – such as hand washing, social distancing and self-isolation – which remain more important (because of stronger evidence and larger effects).
The Government is committed to following the evidence and will keep reviewing evidence from around the world and update our position as and when needed.
Guidance around using places of worship safely during the pandemic can be found online at the following link: