Hotel Quarantine for Travellers

Baroness Masham of Ilton Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd February 2021 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB) [V]]

My Lords, I hope you can hear me—I was frozen. After quarantining in a hotel for five days or more and having had a test which proved negative, would a person be released? If a person had to return to the UK because they needed urgent medical treatment, would they be admitted directly to a safe hospital?

[Lord Bethell (Con)]

My Lords, the details of the isolation protocols have not been announced yet. However, I suggest that the amount of time needed to flush out those who have got an infection from travel may need to be longer than the five days the noble Baroness indicated. For those who have urgent need of hospitalisation, of course the NHS is there for them; we have the PHE and infection control protocols in place to protect them.