Sacha Lord has welcomed the news that plans for "illogical" vaccine passports have been scrapped.
In the latest Government coronavirus u-turns, the health secretary confirmed that proposals "will not be going ahead".
Boris Johnson had previously said that people would need to show proof they have had two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to gain entry into nightclubs and other crowded venues.
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But following backlash from Conservative MPs the plans have been shelved.
Sajid Javid told the BBC's The Andrew Marr show: "I've never liked the idea of saying to people you must show your papers or something to do what is just an everyday activity, but we were right to properly look at it.
"We've looked at it properly and whilst we should keep it in reserve as a potential option, I'm pleased to say that we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports."
Sacha Lord, the night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester and co-founder of Parklife Festival, told PA the idea had been "untenable and illogical".
He said: "The plans were untenable and illogical and there were multiple factors which would have been discriminatory and legally questionable.
“As a sector, we can now move forward, without hesitation or vague regulations.”
Mr Javid also said he wanted to remove the need for PCR tests for travel “as soon as I possibly can”.
But asked whether ministers were removing too many measures designed to keep the public safe, he said the Government should not be introducing coronavirus measures “just for the sake of it”.
He told The Andrew Marr Show: “There’s a lot of defenses, we’ve just gone through some of them, that we need to keep in place, because this virus hasn’t gone anywhere.
“There’s still a pandemic so of course, we need to remain cautious. But we just shouldn’t be doing things for the sake of it or because others are doing, and we should look at every possible intervention properly.”
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