Covid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return Requirements Debate
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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Covid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return Requirements
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Lord Bethell (Con) [V]
The current data suggests that the vaccine certificate is the most emphatic indicator of reduced infection and therefore transmission. That is the basis on which we are currently looking to try to open the borders. The noble Lord makes the good point that in countries that have had high infection rates some form of antibody recognition might be possible—but that is not the route that we are looking at at the moment.
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed. We now come to the third Oral Question.