Covid 19 Vaccine Certification

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Mar 2021 Closed: 28 Sep 2021 Parliament page
The Government have announced a review into introducing a Covid vaccine and status certificate system or "vaccine passports". The Committee have launched an inquiry to consider potential ethical, legal and operational issues and the efficacy and appropriateness of a certificate system. Read the call for evidence for more details about … Read more
15 Recommendations
2 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
10 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 15 events
27 May
2021
24 May
2021
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
Covid 19 Vaccine Certification
Dr Susan Hopkins · UK Health Security Agency Kathy Hall · Department of Health and Social Care Rt Hon Michael Gove MP · The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Covid 19 Vaccine Certification
Bill Bush · Premier League Emma McClarkin · British Beer and Pub Association Professor Judith Breuer Professor Melinda Mills Professor Peter Openshaw · Imperial College London Professor Trish Greenhalgh Richard Jordan · Richard Jordan Productions
Covid 19 Vaccine Certification
Professor Jonathan Wolff Rt Hon David Davis MP Silkie Carlo
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
9 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Second Report - Covid-Status Certi…
The Committee welcomes the Government’s commitment to publish the applicable thresholds for when Covid-status certificates...
The Committee welcomes the Government’s commitment to publish the applicable thresholds for when Covid-status certificates may be required by particular locations, and believes that the thresholds for requiring certification should be published alongside the introduction of any such system so … Read more
Government Response
The government has stated its plan to make full vaccination a condition of entry for nightclubs and other large venues by the end of September, and will set out more detail on required settings in due course.
15 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Second Report - Covid-Status Certi…
The decision to launch the Covid-status certificate function on the NHS app for international travel,...
The decision to launch the Covid-status certificate function on the NHS app for international travel, without notifying and consulting Parliament, could be construed as contempt for Parliament and this Committee. The policy should have been set out in advance of … Read more
Government Response
The government commits to appropriate parliamentary scrutiny for the wider application of certification and will set out the approach to any required legislation in due course, but does not address the committee's concerns about past lack of scrutiny for the international travel function.
Government Response AI assessment · 17 of 15 classified

Total 15 recs + 2 conclusions
Correspondence 10 letters
15 Jul 2021 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster on Covid status certification review Report, dated 5.7.21
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6 Jul 2021 Correspondence with James MacDougall, Head of Corporate Affairs, Football Association on Covid status certification at Wembley Stadium, dated between 24-25.6.21
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6 Jul 2021 Correspondence with Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster on the NHS Covid Pass, dated between 24-28.6.21.pdf
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10 Jun 2021 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster on Covid certification - Data Protection Impact Assessment, dated 9.6.21
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13 May 2021 To committee Letter from Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority on Covid vaccine certification, dated 28.4.21
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13 May 2021 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on COVID-status certification, dated 7.5.21
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13 May 2021 To committee Letter from Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician on Covid vaccine certification, dated 28.4.21
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13 May 2021 From committee Letter to Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Department for Transport on the data on the 'traffic light system for international travel', dated 27.4.21
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8 Apr 2021 From committee Letter to Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Covid vaccine certificates, dated 8.4.21
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11 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on vaccine passports, dated 10.3.21
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