PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Weddings: Coronavirus (8 October 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason wedding venues that ensure table service, social distancing and prevent dancing are subject to different restrictions to restaurants.

Asked by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)

Celebrations such as wedding receptions pose increased risks for transmission of COVID-19 as they involve people from multiple households meeting and spending extended periods of time together. They are by their nature events which bring people closely together. Wedding receptions and celebrations are one of the few exceptions to the gatherings limit of 6 people, which has applied from 14 September 2020.

Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
15 October 2020