Responding to reports that the Prime Minister is considering allowing pub landlords to be given the power to bar anyone without a COVID vaccine, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey MP said: “The Government seems utterly incapable of making its mind up on COVID certificates – but this latest wheeze is the worst of all worlds.
“As well as burdening struggling pubs with extra cost, the idea that businesses can voluntarily bar certain customers, who may not even have been offered a vaccine, is deeply illiberal.
“The Government should be focusing on supporting the pub industry and reviving our civil liberties and basic freedoms: this policy does the opposite of both.”