A legal challenge is to be launched against the mandatory COVID pass policy in Wales
It has also begun a legal challenge against the COVID pass scheme in England, and is urging the UK government to scrap the English scheme by the end of January.
"We're calling on the Welsh government to disclose the documents and advice they say they're relying on to impose the COVID pass scheme on people in Wales. Their refusal to do so raises suspicions that the government's case is weak or non-existent.Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood: COVID passports for big indoor events are 'illogical'
"If COVID passes are having no noticeable effect on public health in Wales, as appears to be the case, there is simply no justification for them. Mandatory COVID IDs are a disproportionate intrusion of medical privacy, an erosion of freedom and a threat to equality." A Welsh government spokesperson said:"The COVID pass has been introduced as one measure - among many - to help keep businesses open while also helping to control the spread of the virus and protect the NHS.
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