1.0Good Law Projecthttps://goodlawproject.orgJasmine Watkisshttps://goodlawproject.org/author/jasmine/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LOiJvV9flu"><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/update/legal-advice-facemasks-schools/">Legal advice: Government can’t ban the use of facemasks in schools</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://goodlawproject.org/update/legal-advice-facemasks-schools/embed/#?secret=LOiJvV9flu" width="600" height="338" title="“Legal advice: Government can’t ban the use of facemasks in schools” — Good Law Project" data-secret="LOiJvV9flu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://goodlawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fasemasks-Legal-Advice-Blog-27.01.22.png1500750Last week, the Government changed its guidance to say that face masks would no longer be necessary in schools. The media has reported that, in unpublished correspondence with MPs, Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, has gone much further and indicated that he proposes to go over the heads of headteachers and ban the wearing of facemasks […]