The exemption applies to the emergency services and the armed forces, but it is not a blanket one. It applies only in hazardous operational situations in which the wearing of the helmet is necessary. The narrow circumstances about a particular Sikh are looked at, and then the decision is made. The aim is that it should apply only in such circumstances as the burning building that I mentioned earlier.
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Heald
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 May 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Deregulation Bill.
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