our political correspondent, jessica parker. padgham, the chairman of industry body the independent care group. thank you very much for being with us on a saturday to talk about this. first, just on the question of the possibility of two people now coming into care homes, it is kind of extra work and extra supervision for your staff, but do you think the benefits outweigh any possible disadvantages from that? , , ., ., from that? yes, you are quite right, it is extra work, _ from that? yes, you are quite right, it is extra work, but _ from that? yes, you are quite right, it is extra work, but i _ from that? yes, you are quite right, it is extra work, but i think- from that? yes, you are quite right, it is extra work, but i think we - it is extra work, but i think we welcome the fact that we are being able to open up two more visitors from the 12th of april because residents have waited a long time for this, so we can only welcome it, but as the minister said earlier it is a cautious welcome. we have got to take it step—by—step a

our political correspondent, jessica parker, gave me this update. letter earlier this week cross party saying that this sort of policy could be discriminatory. and i think that is why you were getting an emphasis for ministers that it will not be just about if you have the vaccine because only a certain portion have been offered, it won't be just the vaccine, it will be testing as well and whether you might have natural immunity because you had covid in the last six months. i think that is why they're emphasising that. a couple of tory mps who spoke to me says that it looks like pubs will not be involved in this. you don't need to improve your covid status to go in. that allays some fears, but some are still very much against this. there have been concerns about what some have called a checkpoint society. the government is saying this is a way of opening things up safely and we have been hearing from the sports minister this morning. the purpose here which is a learning experience _ the purpose here which is a learning experience is to see how we ca

here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. the fa cup final, 2019.t be so packed this year, but the final is being used to pilot how these kinds of mass events might work in future. the opportunity to get back to full capacity, i think, is something that is so prevalent at the moment and underpins so many of the hopes that the events industry and the entertainment industry has, so this scheme, we feel, is the right way to go. plotting a path to reopening society, trial events will also look at ventilation as well as testing before and after, along with so—called vaccine passports, an idea that has met some resistance. it would be proportionate and it would be time limited. but we're just looking at these as options at the moment, hence the pilot programme. it is a pilot programme, we will be testing these options and the evidence gathered will then help inform long—term decision—making and government policy. vaccine passports or covid status certification could include proof someone has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test, or has natural immu

earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent jessica parker about the new traffic light system foronal travel but started by asking her about the covid passport scheme in england. there had been quite a lot of focus on this idea you might have to present some sort of proof of your covid status to go into pubs and that seemed in particular to attract opposition, not least of all from some conservative backbenchers, it almost became this kind of focus where you really have to prove your status to go and get a point in the pub and it's notable it's not part of these plans although as nick reported, they aren't ruling it out later down the line. i suspect ministers will hope by leaving out hospitality venues and places like pubs, that might allay some concern expressed by some conservative mps but the announcement has been made overnight, we will have to see what the reaction is overnight and we will get more details tomorrow. more details on the trials of these covid passports. they've listed a number of venues and events that will be trialled. my understanding is these trials will be

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let's speak now to our political correspondent, jessica parker. jessica joins us this morning.k has explained there will be a number of pilot events going forward, my understanding is those events will look at a number of things, testing on—site, ventilation, social distancing, and in terms of this idea of so—called vaccine passports or covid status certification, those kind of events are likely to happen later on in may as the government looks to see how this might work in future but i think part of what michael gove is trying to do in his article, he talks about practical, ethical questions, how they need to make sure they are proportionate and time—limited is to try and answer some of the criticisms that have come not least from their own backbenchers in terms of these plans. backbenchers in terms of these alans. ~ ., backbenchers in terms of these alans. ~ . , ., backbenchers in terms of these alans. . ., i. ., plans. whatever you call them, covid status certification, _ plans. whatever you call them, covid status certification, passport, - status certification, passport, w