Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance on holding Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in a covid-secure manner under the forthcoming national lockdown restrictions.
Guidance on holding outdoor Remembrance Sunday services has been published and can be found at; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-preparations-for-remembrance-sunday/local-authority-preparations-for-remembrance-sunday. Services at war memorials and local cenotaphs can take place providing all reasonable measures have been taken to limit the spread of the virus.
Services should be adapted to take account of social distancing guidelines, and event organisers should keep numbers of those attending and participating to a minimum.
Communal services of remembrance inside places of worship are not possible due to the new national restrictions that came into force on 5 November.