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Wendy Chamberlain got to question the Prime Minister this week. She asked him to sort out the issue that means that she and other Scots travelling between Scotland and England, and everyone living in the Borders, who may cross from Scotland to England several times a day, to sort out a problem with the respective English and Scottish test and trace apps.

Anyone crossing the border has to manually switch between apps. It doesn’t happen automatically. So you might think that your app is working, but it isn’t if you haven’t made the change between them.

See Wendy in action here:

The English and Scottish test and trace apps don't work together. You have to switch manually between them, a huge problem for border communities.

After my question at PMQs, the PM has committed to ensure app interoperability. I’ll be holding him to this commitment! pic.twitter.com/0U22Lprwhw

— Wendy Chamberlain MP 🔶️ (@wendychambLD) October 14, 2020

Boris Johnson sounded pretty clueless in response, as you would expect. He did say he’d sort it, though.