Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on arrangements for UK citizens to access the EU covid-19 pass.

Following technical discussions with the European Union, we have now applied to join the EU’s Digital COVID Certificate scheme. This will enable digital verification of COVID-19 certification. In the meantime, passengers can continue to demonstrate their status via physical checks.