During the address, Shapps set out how countries would be categorised under the UK government’s new traffic light system, revealing an initial "green list" of just 12 countries.
Press by Sky News’ Paul Kelso on travel companies’ perceived track record during the Covid crisis, and how they would interpret the new rules, Shapps made reference to businesses he described as "what people would have called travel agents, perhaps in the past" sparking ire from agents across the UK.