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COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
Theatres are not exempt.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
It would have to be a big theatre. A small theatre would be exempt.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
I have no relevant interests to declare, convener.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
What level of vaccination do we need to get to in order for the Government to drop the scheme?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
You will not say—or you cannot say—what level of vaccination you wish to get to. Will you be in a position at any point to give the public your thinking on the number of cases and on vaccination and hospitalisation rates—the whole suite of measures that you just mentioned—so that we know what we are aiming for?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
I am not asking you to respond to this, but the problem with that is that the rest of us have nothing to judge you against because you will not say what you are aiming for.
Privacy is an issue that really concerns me. If my daughter goes to a nightclub tomorrow—I would be astonished if that ever happens—and has to show a QR code, her name and date of birth will pop up. Anyone could then find out where she lives and other stuff about her. That is an awful breach of privacy that has the potential to put people at risk.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
I am not a member of the committee. My point is that information will be given to a complete stranger at a nightclub or a football match. At the moment, a person’s name and date of birth are given; later, it will be just their name. Why should a complete stranger know someone’s name, see their face and be able to look them up?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
It is a data protection issue. That is the question.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
Right, so all theatres in Scotland are exempt.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 30 September 2021
Graham Simpson
Okay. That is useful.