COVID-19 Control and Support for the Aviation Sector — 15 Jun 2021 at 18:40

The majority of MPs voted for additional restrictions on entering the United Kingdom, for COVID-19 control purposes, as well as for an international vaccine passport and for support for the aviation sector.

• That this House
• believes that there must be a clear, simply understood and proper hotel quarantine scheme in operation at the UK border to minimise the risk of introduction of new variants into the UK;
• calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Amber List category of the Government’s Traffic Light System for travel and place all of those countries currently on the Amber List onto the Red List, whilst maintaining a tightly managed Green List, so as not to risk undermining the UK’s successful NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme;
• further calls on the Government to work with international partners to introduce an international vaccine passport allowing for the safe resumption of travel, to publish all data on international travel arrivals, and to provide details of the decision-making process on the Traffic Light System; and
• reiterates the need for a sector-specific support deal for aviation.

Those coming to the UK from "red list" countries were required to follow enhanced covid-19 protection protocols including "managed self-isolation" on arrival in the UK.^[1]

• [1] Explanatory notes to The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021, Legislation.gov.uk

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