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United Kingdom debate over veils
The United Kingdom debate over veils began in October 2006 when the MP and government minister Jack Straw wrote in a local newspaper that, while he did not want to be "prescriptive", he preferred talking to women who did not wear a niqab as he could not see their face, and asked women who were wearing such items to remove them when they spoke to him. Straw said he told the newspaper this information to open a debate on the subject, and not because of the upcoming deputy leader election in the Labour Party.
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