The chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons has said that complaints by her in internal emails about the “ongoing stench” created by homeless people sleeping at the underground station near to parliament arose from concern for their safety and that of parliamentary staff. “I really am beginning to feel unsafe personally and equally for everyone else who uses that exit/entrance,” she added. “These comments arose not only out of my concern for the safety and wellbeing of parliamentary staff, but also out of concern for those for whom this is their daily reality. The email to Natzler and Hepburn was sent two months after the death of Gyula Remes, 43, a homeless man whose body was found in an underpass linking Westminster tube station to an entrance leading to the Houses of Parliament. In February 2018 the death of Marcos Amaral Gourgel drew widespread media attention after he died in freezing weather at Westminster tube station next parliament.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2019 16:18 UTC