Covid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return Requirements Debate
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Lord Jones of Cheltenham
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Covid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return Requirements
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Lord Bethell (Con) [V]
My Lords, we are working with our partners to try to open up borders. There is a growing consensus that vaccination is an important component in opening up borders, and the Government generally support that. The virus itself chops and changes; we have to adapt in response to the growth of variants. I cannot promise that we will not act promptly and emphatically when the health of the nation is threatened.
Lord Jones of Cheltenham (LD) [V]
What advice can the Minister give to those who wish to travel to or from South Africa, or any other African countries which are popular with tourists?
Lord Bethell (Con) [V]
My Lords, as I mentioned earlier, we take the threat of the vaccine-evading beta variant extremely seriously indeed, therefore we are extremely cautious about travel to areas with a high prevalence of that variant.