Submitted on Monday 9th November 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 17th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To permit places of worship to be open for all communal public worship
Amend Statutory Instrument 2020 (no. 1200), Part 4, section 18, para 8 to permit places of worship to be open for communal public worship for all purposes and on all occasions subject to Covid-19 safety arrangements e.g., numbers of persons permitted, appropriate distancing, masks & hand-sanitising
Worship is not a luxury or an inessential practice for many people from a wide range of different faiths. Without the opportunity to worship people feel bereft and that a huge hole is left in their lives. Covid-19 safety procedures have operated successfully in 1000s of places of worship in the last few months; HMG has provided no evidence to show that places of worship are unsafe. Mental health, personal resilience and personal values will be helped considerably by permitting public worship.
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