This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Require proof of Covid vaccination to access indoor shops and venues
Having the Covid vaccine should be a condition of entry to indoor commercial venues, unless you have been advised not to take the vaccine for medical reasons. Anyone who is offered the vaccine but rejects it should be refused entry to indoor venues including shops and supermarkets.
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People who are fit to take the vaccine but refuse to do so are making it harder to help society get back on its feet and protect our citizens. They should not be allowed to mix with other people in private commercial venues. The Government should put this into law and support businesses to check that people have been vaccinated before letting them in.
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Share your views on vaccine certificates with the Government
On Monday 15 March, the Government launched a public consultation as part of its review into whether COVID-status certification, sometimes described as ‘vaccine passports’, could play a role in reopening our economy, reducing restrictions on social contact and improving safety.
You can find out more about this Review, and share your views on the potential implementation of COVID-status certification, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/covid-status-certification-review-call-for-evidence.
The deadline for sharing your views is 23:59 on Monday 29 March.
MPs to take evidence
On Tuesday 23 March, MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) will hold an evidence session to look at the ethical and legal issues surrounding the potential use of ‘vaccine certificates’, sometimes referred to as ‘vaccine passports’. The Committee will hear from Gracie Bradley, Interim Director of human rights charity Liberty, Rt Hon David Davis MP, and Professor Jonathan Wolff, Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the University of Oxford.
Watch the session from 9.30am, Tuesday 23 March: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
Read the transcript (published some time after the conclusion of the session): https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/327/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/publications/oral-evidence/
Find out more about PACAC
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is a cross-party group of backbench MPs appointed by the House of Commons to examine the principles under which the UK is governed (our constitution); the quality and standards of administration provided by Civil Service departments; and the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).
Ministerial statement on covid-19 and covid-status certification
On Monday 5 July, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid MP gave a statement to the House of Commons on covid-19. The Secretary of State updated MPs on the Government's plans for social restrictions and guidance from 19 July.
He also announced the outcome of the Government's review of domestic covid-status certification, also known as 'covid passports'. The Secretary of State confirmed the Government will not mandate the use of covid-status certification as a condition of entry for visitors to any setting, such as shops or events, at the present time.
Watch the statement here:
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/eacc6a97-9c80-4d44-b254-cfa537a2b1c5?in=17:02:41&out=17:52:16
Read the transcript here:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-07-05/debates/803398B1-F845-43BA-A159-22E4CC6B9ECD/Covid-19Update
Read the Government's report on its covid-status certification review:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/999408/COVID-Status-Certification-Review-Report.pdf
The Government's review concluded that there would be a public health benefit to covid-status certification, but that the burden of implementing such a system, to businesses and individuals not yet fully vaccinated, would be disproportionate to that benefit at this stage of the pandemic.
However, the Government has stated that individual organisations may make a discretionary choice to require covid-status certification (for example, via the NHS app) to help keep their premises safe, although the review has concluded that "essential services" should not do this.
The review also noted that the Government will keep the option of routine covid-status certification under review, and that certification could provide a means of keeping events going and businesses open if the country is facing a difficult situation in autumn or winter.
What are Ministerial statements?
Ministerial statements are a way for Ministers to bring an important matter to the attention of the House.
Find out more about them here: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/statements/