If the travel restrictions imposed by the government are purely for public health reasons, the mandatory hotel quarantine and Covid testing should be free. The high costs risk disproportionately affecting those in long distance relationships or people from poor backgrounds.
1. Fund free hotel quarantine and testing for all UK arrivals
13/02/2021 - Petitions
Found: travel restrictions imposed by the government are purely for public health reasons, the mandatory hotel
2. DfT and FCDO: International importation, border and travel measures, 21 January 2021
05/02/2021 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found: screening or
testing before departure, through testing on arrival, testing during or after quarantine, or
through
3. Rapid Review of Physical Distancing and Alternative Disease Control Measures in South Asia
11/06/2020 - Department for International Development
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Found: and Asia. We work in
all major sectors including health, education, agriculture, governance, digital
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4. Weekly statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England): 29 April to 5 May 2021
13/05/2021 - Department of Health and Social Care
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Found: Department of Health and Social Care
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statistics for
NHS
5. Joint Committee on Human Rights: Background Paper: COVID-19
19/03/2020 - Inquiry: Joint Committee on Human Rights: Background Paper: COVID-19 - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
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Found: proportionality and how measures could be affecting different groups of people.
This background paper highlights
1. Covid Security at UK Borders
01/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: introduce a comprehensive hotel quarantine system for all arrivals into the UK, thereby securing the country - Speech Link
2: introduce a comprehensive hotel quarantine system for all arrivals into the UK, thereby securing the country - Speech Link
2. Covid-19:International Travel
24/05/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: Summary of public engagement on covid-19 restrictions on international travel, reported to the House on 20 - Speech Link
2: e-petition 565102, relating to international travel and covid-19.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
3. Covid-Secure Borders
15/06/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: understood and proper hotel quarantine scheme in operation at the UK border to minimise the risk of introduction - Speech Link
2: understood and proper hotel quarantine scheme in operation at the UK border to minimise the risk of introduction - Speech Link
3: understood and proper hotel quarantine scheme in operation at the UK border to minimise the risk of introduction - Speech Link
4. Covid-19 Update
09/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: two weeks, and they are falling in all parts of the UK, but we are not there yet. Hospitalisations are falling - Speech Link
5. Health Measures at UK Borders
04/02/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: reducing the risk of the new strain of the virus being transmitted from someone coming into the UK. Yesterday - Speech Link
2: am announcing further action to strengthen the health measures that we already have at the border, in - Speech Link
3: entry to non-UK residents from red list countries that are already subject to the UK travel ban. Thirdly - Speech Link
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The first page of the passport reads 'the bearer may enter freely and without hinderance', and a mandatory cost upon return is not freely nor without hinderance.