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Gatwick MP urges prime minister to get on with scrapping PLFs

Government
3 March 2022

Gatwick MP Henry Smith has told Boris Johnson to get on with scrapping passenger locator forms (PLFs), branding the regime a “frustrating procedure".

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Last month, Johnson confirmed the government would look to review the PLF by Easter. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has been among his Westminster colleagues to speak out against the PLF.

Smith, leader of the all-party parliamentary Future of Aviation group, wrote to the Johnson on Wednesday (2 March) stating the forms were “no longer fit for purpose or necessary”.