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They are very limited at the moment about what is proposed [in terms of Covid passes], but that was true everywhere they were introduced around the world. Everywhere they have been introduced, they have extended it, in terms of the venues they apply to.

Anyone who thinks that they are going to stick to what is currently on the order paper, I am afraid are kidding themselves.

In the government’s own plan B it is very clear ministers’ preference is for vaccine-only passports. It is very clear to me that the only reason why tests have been incorporated is to buy or secure the support of the opposition. That is the only reason. So we know what ministers would like to do if they could get away with it.