[Wynonie Harris]

I've no objection to people wearing their traditional dress in court, whether it's a turban, African dress or even Amercian Indian gear. However, I think that a face veil is different; surely, in a courtroom situation, you need to be able to see a person's face, their expressions, how they react to certain questions etc. As Jack Straw put it when talking about his constituents coming to see him, it's better without a veil because "you can - literally - see what the other person means, and not just hear what they say."