Although the government removed all countries from the red list on Wednesday (15 December), travellers still need to take pre-departure tests before arriving in the UK, as well as a Day 2 PCR test.
Transport committee chairman Huw Merriman questioned why test requirements for international travel could not be dropped, now that the number of Omicron infections was doubling every two days in the UK.
“Travel does not make a jot of difference but bookings have collapsed,” said Merriman. “Why not drop testing when the horse has well and truly shot out of the stable?”
