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Could the Commons have Covid passes?

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Today is the big day. MPs are set to vote on the ‘Plan B’ package of restrictions by 6:30 p.m tonight with many Tories publicly denouncing the winter restrictions as a step too far in a society protected by what Boris Johnson once called the ‘huge wall of immunity’ from vaccines. 

The big question of course is how big the rebellion will be – 82 Tories are currently named on the Spectator’s list of self-declared rebels. If all were to vote against, it would be the biggest rebellion of Johnson’s premiership, comfortably beating the 55 who voted against a new Covid-19 tier system for England last December, with another 16 abstentions. Labour votes will be necessary to pass Plan B, which more than one in three Tory backbenchers have criticised.

Under the restrictions, if you want to attend large, potentially crowded venues, you will either need to show a negative lateral flow test or that you are double-vaccinated on the NHS app.

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