Steerpike Steerpike

Vaccine passports for internal use are ‘under consideration’, says Raab

LBC

Only last week, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi assured us that the government is not looking at vaccine passports as they would be discriminatory and un-British. So imagine Mr S’s astonishment when Dominic Raab admitted that they are indeed being considered in Britain – for internal and external use.

When asked on LBC whether a domestic vaccine passport – ‘where you have to show a bit of paper to go into a supermarket’ – could be brought in, Raab confirmed: ‘It’s something that hasn’t been ruled out and is under consideration, but of course you’ve got to make it workable.’

The Foreign Secretary continued: ‘You’ve got to know that the document that’s being presented is something that you can rely on, that it’s an accurate reflection of the status of the individual. So I’m not sure there’s a fool proof answer in the way that sometimes it’s presented, but of course we’ll look at all the options.’

Comments

Join the debate for just $5 for 3 months

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for $5.

Already a subscriber? Log in