Ms Elizabeth Canavan:

It is helpful if the EU takes a view on interoperability, but it is of course open to us to determine what standard we set and what we consider to be robust and verifiable proof. It will be possible, therefore, for people to meet a standard without the EU having declared that there is entire interoperability in this respect. Our travel regulations allow us to accept certificates once we are satisfied that they are verifiable, robust and of a standard equivalent to what we are getting in the EU digital Covid certificate system. We have the capacity to do that without waiting on the EU, but obviously interoperability gives us even more confidence.