While using coverings in enclosed spaces was being encouraged by the government in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Gove said it was important 'to treat people with respect'
He added:"There are appropriate moments when a direct message to say to people 'Don't do X' or 'Do do Y' is appropriate, but I also think it is quite right to treat the British people with the respect their intelligence and their judgement deserves.
"On public transport you should be wearing it because of the necessary benefits that it brings to others. "I can understand why there may be a desire to build a binary divide... but I think it is important to treat people with respect."But Labour's shadow business minister Lucy Powell said the opposition supported the compulsory wearing of face coverings in shops as a way of restoring confidence.
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