COVID-19 Vaccine Certification Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

COVID-19 Vaccine Certification

Lord Scriven Excerpts
Thursday 4th March 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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I call the noble Lord, Lord Triesman. He is not here, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Scriven.

Lord Scriven Portrait Lord Scriven (LD) [V]
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My Lords, how will the Government mitigate the risk that introducing vaccine certificates will move toward a system of individual risk-scoring that could undermine public health by treating a collective problem as an individual one and reduce compliance with vital individual public health measures?

Lord True Portrait Lord True
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My Lords, again, the noble Lord raises important considerations. As I have said, my right honourable friend is currently scoping areas for the review, and many issues will come up on both sides of the question, which will have to be carefully weighed. I can assure the noble Lord and others that Covid status certificates would not be a form of national identity card.