A Bolton MP has called potential new measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 'perverse' during a parliamentary debate.

Chris Green, MP for Bolton West and Atherton, lead a section of a debate in the House of Commons today around vaccination of children, in which MPs were invited to share their views.

Mr Green initially raised issues concerning getting advice about vaccines from a family doctor and people becoming physically more vulnerable to Covid due to putting on weight during lockdown.

This was before he made his own full speech in which he asked the government to outline what they deem to be a "success" when it comes to the vaccine rollout.

He said that the third wave of coronavirus has been less impactful due to the success of the vaccines and therefore criticised the idea of compulsory vaccinations and 'vaccine IDs'.

Mr Green told parliament: "We see that the first and second waves had a huge impact on us, but the third wave is far less impactful. All our vaccines are effective against all variants of concern.

"We see compulsory vaccination in the care sector, no doubt shortly to be rolled out into the national health service, and therefore after that to other sectors in society. We see the establishment of the idea of vaccine IDs and domestic ID cards.

"There is a pause at the moment in England, but those causes are being advanced in Scotland and Wales. In many ways, we can objectively say that we are almost through the worst of the pandemic, yet the more draconian or authoritarian measures are being introduced at this stage.

"It is perverse."