Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Baroness May of Maidenhead Excerpts
Wednesday 19th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead) (Con)
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I refer the House to my entry the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

Many of my constituents work in the aviation sector. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcement about plan B restrictions, but I note that he made no reference to the tests that are still required for people who come into England. If we are going to learn to live with covid, we need to facilitate travel, so will he take this opportunity to announce that when plan B restrictions are removed next week the Government will also make it clear that there will be no test requirements for anybody who enters England and is fully vaccinated?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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We are certainly reviewing the testing arrangements for travel and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will make a statement on that in the next few days. It is important that everybody in the country understands that wherever they want to go in the world, getting their booster will be a pretty crucial thing to do.