Steve Brine has again raised concerns surrounding the fate of nativity plays and other Christmas events in Winchester and Chandler’s Ford.
Concerns from many constituents had been brought to Mr Brine’s attention who originally spoke on the issue in the House of Commons last week. The MP has described reports of cancellations as “what we feared”.
As the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care gave an update on Covid-19 to the House of Commons, Winchester’s MP asked him; “Local authority "guidance" is often what's quoted, so I'm really keen to understand, given national government has gone out of its way, last week, to ask schools to go ahead with Christmas performances, to go ahead with nativity plays, who should headteachers and other event organisers follow, The town hall or this place?”
The Secretary of State, Sajid Javid, responded to the Hampshire MP saying; “I would encourage everyone to look seriously at the national government guidance. Our guidance is clear…
I would encourage people to go ahead with, whether it's nativity plays or Christmas parties, but just continue to follow the guidance that was always there.”
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