Masks mandatory for everyone in the Commons - except MPs
Face coverings have been made mandatory for everyone working in the House of Commons except MPs.
But it remains up to individual MPs to decide whether to follow suit - and many Conservatives have chosen not to.But the health secretary said on Monday it was a "personal decision" for ministers and backbenchers as to whether they did too.MPs are not employed by the Commons authorities and cannot be forced to wear masks.
But Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg last week said Conservatives did not need to do so because they knew each other well, and this meant they were complying with government guidance.latest official guidanceIt comes as the World Health Organisation urged MPs to wear masks during Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget speech, when there is likely to be standing room only in the Commons chamber.
"This virus, it is absolutely unstoppable, it gets everywhere, and so we have to do everything we possibly can to stop it.
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