Covid-19: UK Border Health Measures

If I am honest, I think many people will think that this is the right move at the wrong time. We ...

My hon. Friend is right: there will be a range of measures, and I emphasise that this is part of ...

Sir Patrick Vallance has said that the crisis escalated in this country as a result of many, many...

I thank the right hon. Lady for her comments. I have already been clear about the measures that w...

No, you haven’t.

I have been clear and I have outlined them. I even provided dates to the House, and I have given ...

The introduction of a 14-day quarantine is a blunt tool that has many downsides and consequences,...

My hon. Friend makes important points. I pay tribute to the aviation industry, which is dynamic a...

The Home Secretary has made much of the scientific advice earlier in the pandemic that it was

The hon. Lady will be well aware that we are working not just with SAGE but with representatives ...

I welcome the introduction of a self-isolation period for those arriving in the UK. Like the Gove...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to the devolved Administrations. The shadow...

This is not just about tourism and business, important though they are; it is also about people. ...

This is such a difficult time for everybody around the world. Of course, we have all been split a...

I welcome the huge amount of work that the Home Secretary is doing on air bridges, and urge her t...

I thank my right hon. Friend for her question. There are some important points in respect of how ...

At the start of this crisis, I had border staff writing to me to say that they had no personal pr...

It is not my intention to destroy any sectors of our country or economy. That is a gross distorti...

I am afraid I simply cannot get my head around the public health mental gymnastics of this policy...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his point about transit passengers and future travel corridors—I...

At a time when most European countries are in a much improved condition compared with the UK, the...

Order. If we are to get everybody in, we need very short questions and short answers. Just the qu...

First, let me pay tribute to the police across the country for their approach to enforcement and ...

More than 90% of countries have deployed a form of quarantine so far. Does my right hon. Friend b...

I thank my hon. Friend for the point and his question. There is a reflection here, in that other ...

Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom with a land border and is therefore liter...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is absolutely right. When it comes to trade and keepi...

Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost if the airlines are unable to fly their crucial peak s...

I am very familiar with my hon. Friend’s regional airport and the operators there, and I can assu...

The horse has bolted. I do not understand why the Secretary of State does not get this. She will ...

I refer the hon. Gentleman to my statement and the reason why these measures are coming in. I rec...

What advice did the Home Secretary receive from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies abo...

As I explained in my statement, the advice has been provided consistently both to the Home Office...

Before I ask my question, I put on record that my wife works as a contractor for an international...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I have said, these measures will be reviewed and aligned w...

Just now we had a junior Transport Minister, subbing for the Chancellor, wringing her hands about...

First of all, I find the right hon. Gentleman’s tone somewhat objectionable. I have been incredib...

You are shutting it down.

I am not shutting it down—on the contrary. I am working with my right hon. Friend the Transport S...

After 9/11, the aviation industry found a way almost instantly to find box cutters and get them o...

First, it is not for me personally to drop these regulations. These regulations are being laid in...

Scientific research into this virus is, thankfully, an international effort. Can the Home Secreta...

First, I refer the hon. Lady to my statement in terms of why these measures are coming in now. My...

indicated dissent.

The hon. Lady clearly disagrees with that. At the same time, we will continue to work with the in...

In terms of our soft borders, which are our beaches, can my right hon. Friend reassure the reside...

My hon. Friend is aware of the work we are doing on that, which includes returns to France direct...

Many of my constituents depend on the aviation sector for their livelihoods. Bracknell also has t...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is right, and he makes a powerful case on behalf of h...

When reviewing safe journeys in the coming weeks, will my right hon. Friend consider that ferries...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to represent her constituency, her constituents and the local ...

What discussions has the Home Secretary had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about how to mit...

Discussions have taken place through the usual channels across Government. In fact, up until rece...

A couple of months ago, my constituents were overwhelmingly of the view that an international qua...

I hear everybody’s comments, and I am very conscious of this, as are my right hon. Friend the Tra...

Reports suggest that SAGE was not asked for updated advice before this announcement was made. May...

I refer the hon. Lady to my statement earlier. We have based this on scientific advice not just w...

On behalf of a significant number of constituents whose jobs are affected in the travel, tourism ...

I think I have answered this question previously, but that is absolutely right. It is our determi...

By mid-March, over 80 countries had imposed quarantine measures and travel restrictions. By May, ...

I could not have been clearer in my statement, and when I outlined the enhanced monitoring proces...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to show that Britain is open for business. We have a ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to ask this question because these are cross-Government measur...

Regardless of the merits or otherwise of this measure, it will disproportionately hit tourist eco...

I have discussions with the Chancellor on a regular basis, and, of course, that applies to all as...

To limit a second wave of economic damage, will my right hon. Friend bring forward the review of ...

The review of this policy has been outlined in the statement, and that is the approach that we ar...

The Home Secretary acknowledged in her statement that introducing public health measures at our b...

I have outlined my position in the statement earlier on. It is important to say that when it come...

Order. Barracking is not a good look. We need to get through this quickly.

Everyone in this House, including my right hon. Friend, will know the very stark dangers that a s...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She has just emphasised the need to protect the British publi...

Constituents who are due to be travelling in the next two to three weeks have emailed me asking s...

All guidance will be published in advance of 8 June. Of course, the guidance will come from other...

Many businesses, especially those engaged in manufacturing, have a need to get a key worker on si...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to ask that question. We will be publishing the list of exempt...

The Government’s quarantine policy is not universal and there is a relatively long list of occupa...

In answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question, many of those are deemed to be key workers. They have...

With small businesses in particular being asked to step up and reboot our economy, they need cert...

I cannot give specific advice to businesses and employees, but it is important to follow the Fore...

This will affect the aviation sector and also hospitality, travel and tourism, but, upstream, it ...

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the matter of economics. This issue has been discussed in va...

Three hundred people are working safely today, constructing the £4 billion Anglo-American Sirius ...

I understand the case that my hon. Friend makes. We do, of course, have an extensive exemption li...

The exclusion of medical and care professionals from the travel restrictions highlights how essen...

I am sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I did not quite hear the hon. Lady’s last sentence. I think...

My right hon. Friend just made reference to the professions that will be covered by this measure....

This issue has been discussed extensively. When my hon. Friend see the exemption list, he will be...

As with care homes, I fear that the failure to act when it could have made a difference will be o...

SAGE papers are being published and they are in the public domain, so the hon. Gentleman can look...

Will my right hon. Friend advise me on whether she believes that we got the science right earlier...

What I would say to my hon. Friend is that the Government have been guided by the science from th...