7. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2021

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:24 pm on 23 November 2021.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 5:24, 23 November 2021

I'm very disappointed to hear that the Conservatives won't be supporting these regulations. We are at a situation in Wales where we have over 500 cases per 100,000. That is a very, very high level of cases within our communities and I think it's frankly irresponsible not to take this situation seriously. We have put these protections in place in order to protect the public. We are going into a very, very difficult time with the winter pressures, and certainly it is disappointing to see that. I can assure you that we took very seriously all of the ethical, legal and practical issues relating to the introduction of COVID passes into consideration before we not only introduced them, but thought of extending them to cinemas. As I quoted to you earlier, I've had a very interesting message from a cinema saying that since we've brought in the COVID pass, the sales have gone through the roof in his particular cinema, because customers feel safer because they're aware that other people are protected who are sitting near them. So, just to be clear—