Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Nov 4
Thursday, 5 November 2020 08:07
Extract from Lords motion to approve the Health Protection
(Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 The
Lord Bishop of Winchester [V]:...On Remembrance Sunday, a day in
the year that is hugely significant for so many veterans and their
families and for the whole country, our commemoration services will
now be severely limited. Furthermore, over the next few weeks,
important religious festivals for Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and the
Jewish community will be disrupted by the...Request free trial
Extract from Lords
motion to approve the Health Protection (Coronavirus)
(Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
[V]:...On
Remembrance Sunday, a day in the year that is hugely significant
for so many veterans and their families and for the whole country,
our commemoration services will now be severely limited.
Furthermore, over the next few weeks, important
religious festivals for Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and the
Jewish community will be
disrupted by the lack of access to communal worship. I regret this.
Faith groups serve the needs of their local communities, and clergy
and healthcare chaplains provide significant support for the
mental, social and spiritual well-being of the nation. Public
worship is essential for spiritual and mental well-being, and a
source of strength to many. It is not an optional extra for the
Christian faith: our weekly worship services are part of a whole
way of life. The importance of this must not go unrecognised. It is
in drawing on their Christian faith and in the hope that Christmas
brings that the Archbishops say in their letter to the nation today
that it would help the whole nation if we adopted a “calm,
courageous and compassionate” response to this trial...
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Extract from
Commons motion to approve the Health Protection (Coronavirus)
(Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
(Gloucester) (Con):...In that context, the letter from
the leaders of all the major faiths is the single largest plea in
numbers of lives and wellbeing touched. The voices supporting
visits to care homes, gyms and other things precious to
constituents are also important within an acceptance of the second
lockdown. Such voices must be heard. In cities such as ours, with a
cathedral, dozens of churches, a handful of mosques and adherents
of the Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faiths, the freedom to
pray is welcome, but the freedom to worship together is one that I
strongly support. I urge the Prime Minister to ensure that that
comes back with a return to local tiers on 2 December...
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