International Travel Rules

Patricia Gibson Excerpts
Monday 19th July 2021

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts
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The rules as they apply are laid out in detail online and all families can look at those and understand them. I am very happy to consider that suggestion and any others that right hon. and hon. Members may have to refine the system, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point.

Patricia Gibson Portrait Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP)
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It is worrying that the Minister fails even to allow for the prospect that it is entirely possible that much of the world may follow Bulgaria and place travel from the UK on a red list. If that were to happen, what comfort can the Minister offer to the UK travel sector? Does he not recognise that now is the time for additional support for that beleaguered sector, as travel disruption looks set to continue for the foreseeable future?

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts
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It is difficult for me to comment on the steps that other countries may have taken or may take in future, because they all have differing systems. We continue to talk to all our international partners, both in multilateral and bilateral forums, to understand how best we can enable travel between us, for all the reasons that we have discussed in the House today.