Veils harm equal rights – Harman
Wearing a full face veil harms women's participation in society and effectively bars them from becoming an MP, minister Harriet Harman has said. Ms Harman, who is standing for Labour's deputy leadership, said: "How can you stand as an MP when men's faces are on posters, and voters can't see yours?" "If you want equality, you have to be in society, not hidden away from it," she told the New Statesman magazine. "The veil is an obstacle to women's participation on equal terms."
See also New Statesman, 16 October 2006
Martin Sullivan