Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 25th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will revise the covid-19 lockdown restrictions for weddings to increase the number of people permitted to attend services in churches.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 29th September 2020

From 28 September no more than 15 people can legally attend a marriage or civil partnership, even where a larger number could be safely accommodated with social distancing in a large COVID-19 secure venue. Those who are working at the ceremony are not included as part of this legal limit.

We recognise that this rule will be disappointing for those planning such events. By their nature, marriage and civil partnership ceremonies are events that bring families and friends together, making them particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19.

We do not wish to keep this restriction in place for any longer than we?have to, and?it will be kept under review in line with the changing situation.

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