Smoking: Churches and Cathedrals
Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Whether they will exempt churches and cathedrals from the requirement to display “no smoking” signs.
during the course of the question......
Lord Faulkner of Worcester:
My Lords, reverting to the Roman Catholic Church for a moment, did noble friend see the report in a recent issue of the Tablet, which said that a number of Roman Catholic priests are tackling the problem of “no smoking” signs by putting them up in English and in Latin, complying perfectly with the law, the only dispute being on the correct form of Latin? One prefers, “Non licet fumare” and another, “Luminarium nullus”. Will my noble friend give some guidance on that matter and commend the church, first, for complying with the law and, secondly, for keeping Latin alive?
© Lords Hansard 16 July 2007
Whether they will exempt churches and cathedrals from the requirement to display “no smoking” signs.
during the course of the question......
Lord Faulkner of Worcester:
My Lords, reverting to the Roman Catholic Church for a moment, did noble friend see the report in a recent issue of the Tablet, which said that a number of Roman Catholic priests are tackling the problem of “no smoking” signs by putting them up in English and in Latin, complying perfectly with the law, the only dispute being on the correct form of Latin? One prefers, “Non licet fumare” and another, “Luminarium nullus”. Will my noble friend give some guidance on that matter and commend the church, first, for complying with the law and, secondly, for keeping Latin alive?
© Lords Hansard 16 July 2007