§ Keith VazTo ask the Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the consequences of the proposed banning of religious symbols in schools in France upon European integration. [151038]
§ The Prime MinisterNone, since religion, and its structure and organisation in EU member states, are explicitly not an area of European Union activity. This 731W is entirely a matter for individual countries to decide. In Britain we are comfortable with the expression of religion, which is part of our multicultural tradition.