Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in light of a recent reported incident in London, whether he has issued recent guidance to the police on the rights of people to sing religious songs in a public setting.

The Government is committed to religious freedom and free speech, and singing religious songs outside a church is not in itself prohibited.

The police are operationally independent and there is a well established process for addressing complaints.

The Home Office will not be issuing guidance on the matter.