Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 78
The decision to launch the Covid-status certificate function on the NHS app for international travel,...
Recommendation
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 any decision being taken to enable scrutiny, and the House should have been given the opportunity to vote on the proposals. Furthermore, it remains to be seen whether the certificate that has already been launched will be universally or widely accepted by other countries in its current form.
Government response summary AI-generated
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.
Paragraph Reference:
78
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 9 September 2021. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗