Birmingham MP welcomes college veil policy reversal

A Birmingham MP has welcomed the decision by Birmingham Metropolitan College to allow students to wear certain items of cultural importance. He says:

"The modification of the originally announced policy is to be welcomed. I totally understand that if somebody is passing through a security check, whether in a college or at an airport, they should remove any facial coverings so that security staff can do their job....

...I can also understand teachers in a classroom situation wishing to be able to make facial contact with their pupils, but outside of the classroom if an individual wishes to cover their face then I can see nothing wrong in them doing so.”